When the legislative elections do take place, Palestinians should vote to reject the status quo.
![Palestinians demonstrate in the centre of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on April 28, 2021 against any postponement of the Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections [AFP/Abbas Momani]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_98X284.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Alaa Tartir is the programme director of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network.
When the legislative elections do take place, Palestinians should vote to reject the status quo.
![Palestinians demonstrate in the centre of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on April 28, 2021 against any postponement of the Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections [AFP/Abbas Momani]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_98X284.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Normalisation efforts will not succeed until Israel ends its ‘displace and replace’ policies against Palestinians.
![Israeli forces patrol as machinery demolishes a Palestinian building in the village of Sur Baher which is divided by the Israeli barrier in East Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 22, 2019 [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RTX70IVS-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Industrial zones are stripping farmers of their food sovereignty and increasing Palestinian dependen
![Some 50 percent of Palestinian households are suffering from food insecurity. [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201481752054118734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A leadership vacuum is looming, and its effect on the peace process and everyday life has alarmed many observers.

Palestinians must make clear that the sole prerequisite needed for a lasting peace is justice on their lands.

A meaningful unity requires a serious engagement in restructuring and reinventing the Palestinian political system.

US ‘security’ aid to the Palestinian Authority is keeping Palestinians occupied.
