Fatah is calling a general strike in the territories on June 25, the day of the economic conference in Manama meant to help the Palestinian Arabs.
Jamal Moheisen, a member of Fatah's central committee, said that all the national forces and the Palestinian people will rally on the 24th before the Bahrain conference on Thursday. On June 25, a comprehensive strike will take place.
He added that "these events come to convey the message of the Palestinian people to the occupation and the world and the people in Manama, that this meeting is a disgrace, a betrayal and a stab in the back of our people and a betrayal of the age."
Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt couldn't have scripted anything better. The point of the conference, from what they have said, is to point out how Palestinian leadership has failed their people for their own political ends. And here, instead of attending the Bahrain conference to help come up with a path to giving the people better lives, they are insisting that the people don't work.
Which means that those who get paid by the hour or the day, or who run small businesses, will not get paid.
And for what? What positive outcome would result from a general strike? None. It doesn't hurt Israel or the US. It only hurts the people they pretend to represent.
In Bahrain, Arab nations will try to come up with ways to help Palestinians, while their own leaders are hurting them. Palestinians aren't idiots. They will see this all happening in real time.
All we need is video of Fatah thugs beating up people who try to open shops.