Barak Ravid (Haaretz) détaille les raisons qui ont conduit le président Abou Mazen à se défaire de son premier ministre: son aura internationale, son refus de la corruption et du népotisme, la jalousie qu’il éveillait chez les envieux, la rancœur du président à son égard parce qu’il avait jugé en novembre dernier que la reconnaissance de la Palestine aux Nations Unies n’avait qu’une valeur symbolique, l’affrontement des deux autour de la récente démission de Nabil Qassis, ministre des Finances. L’auteur de l’article voit dans cette démission le signe d’une désintégration de l’Autorité palestinienne et s’interroge sur l’attitude des bailleurs de fond internationaux – notamment américains -qui pourraient être réticents à l’idée d’accorder leurs aides au prochain gouvernement palestinien. Il y voit aussi le résultat de l’attitude ambiguë adoptée par Netanyahu à l’égard de Salam Fayyad : reconnaissance de ses compétences mais aussi inquiétude de voir qu’il réussissait à construire les infrastructures de l’Etat palestinien.
Fayyad’s resignation: The beginning of the end of the PA?
It was actually the PA prime minister’s successes that eventually led to his downfall. His effective management and relative popularity meant he was a threat to too many people.
By Barak Ravid | Apr.14, 2013 | 1:24 AM | 41
Haaretz
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/fayyad-s-resignation-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-pa-1.515292
“The resignation of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Saturday is a dramatic development. Its ramifications won’t just reverberate in the part of the West Bank under Palestinian control, but also affect Israel and the Obama administration’s efforts to renew the peace process, as well as the European Union’s policy towards the Palestinians.
For Israel’s government and defense establishment, the U.S., and the EU, which both regularly provide economic aid to the Palestinian Authority, Fayyad was the go-to man. The former International Monetary Fund economist was educated in the U.S. and was a symbol of good governance and the war on corruption. His plan to build Palestinian state institutions from the bottom up received much international support.
But it was this success that itself bore within it the seeds of his demise. Fayyad, who served as prime minister since 2007, resigned after his relations with PA President Mahmoud Abbas deteriorated, reaching an unprecedented low. The crisis of confidence between the two leaders was sharp and irreparable. Abbas and the Fatah party’s old guard that surround him saw Fayyad as a political rival who needed to be eliminated.
Fayyad’s resignation is another sign of the PA’s internal disintegration and the deep political crisis it is struggling with. In order to survive, Abbas imposed a semi-autocratic regime in the West Bank styled after that of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Journalists and bloggers are sent to prison, demonstrations and criticism are suppressed with an iron fist and the government doesn’t function while the ruler travels the globe.”
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