The Palestinian Authority is not ideal. It is necessary for Gaza - opinion

Jonah Naghi argues that a reformed Palestinian Authority (PA) is the most viable option to replace Hamas as Gaza's governing authority, despite its flaws. He outlines necessary reforms including decentralization, financial transparency, and security-sector restructuring, and emphasizes the need for Israeli and international support to enable a gradual transition via the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG). The article notes that the PA suffers from corruption and authoritarian governance but possesses the foundations of a functioning government, including ministries, civil servants, and security forces that cooperate with the IDF. Naghi calls for verifiable reforms to the prisoner-payment system and conditional incentives from Israel and the US. The piece is an opinion column by a former chair of Israel Policy Forum's IPF Atid Steering Committee.