#eu #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #reconstruction / #palestinianauthority / #legitimacy / #corruption

„On Monday, European leaders held their first high-level political talks with the Palestinian government, two months after meeting with Israel. Despite their financial aid, Europe has struggled to influence the political process.“

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/15/eu-pledges-1-6-billion-for-the-palestinian-authority_6740240_4.html

"In places where #VoteBuying exist, it undermines the #legitimacy of the people who may be elected into #PoliticalOffice (..) since #elections are tools for #accountability and #GoodGovernance."

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/ote-buying-in-Africa_fig1_259992513

Elon #Musk brought sooo much innovation from #Africa to the #Democray of the #UnitedStates of #America.

The next step in the #USA will of course be open #Oppression because the #Power of the #Trump - #Junta isn't enough to uphold #Legitimacy even in the medium term.

And all out oppression too won't save that #Regime forever, as #History is pretty clear about that.

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I have shared this text about #PowerAsASourceOfLegitimacy before, but it went unnoticed back then, so I just do it again.

It is pretty much what is happening in the #USA. The #Trump - Junta is skipping all traditional forms of achieving #Legitimacy (because they suck at it) in favor of #Power.

Their Legitimacy is "because I say so" & people accept that because "it gets the job done". They think. But it totally doesn't.

If that power falters, so does all Legitimacy.

https://www.e-ir.info/2008/11/24/the-fourth-pillar-power-as-a-source-of-legitimacy/

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“In the end,” he said, “our belief was strong, and theirs was weak.”

it sounds like another 2024 trouncing of an incumbent -- #legitimacy matters with or without #democracy. But other details like that Assad's most immediate family had been in Moscow for months are still perplexing.

#syria #giftarticle
https://wapo.st/49RO7od

“Genocide and Apartheid Reports – Israel’s Legitimacy is Gone”

by Robert Inlakesh in Palestine Chronicle

“Although Israel can today sustain its existence due to US and European support that props it up, the damning accusations that are based on meticulously researched reports will forever follow it around.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/genocide-and-apartheid-reports-israels-legitimacy-is-gone/

#Press #Israel #Genocide #Gaza #Palestine #Apartheid #WarCrimes #Legitimacy