I do not think the Palestinians worthless, perhaps they are the worst lead people in human history after the Tibetians and Philistines, but not worthless as humanbeings. If they had worth in leadership there would be a state and the worthless could never be asserted, more sadly believed, by to many of them.
None the less, the man should have the right to say it without a moderator tap dancing on this thought and words.
The best leaders in the world still need systems to administer in order to be effective leaders.
By way of comparison, the GOV of California has a much more difficult time administering his state than almost any of the other govenors. The reason? The systems for passing budgets and making changes are almost devilishly difficult to use. Even small changes require Herculean efforts of leadership AND consensus building.
On the Nation State level, there are generally considered four elements of National Power (DIME): Diplomacy, Intelligence, Military, and Economic. Each of these obviously has many supporting systems, but the synergistic effect of multilple systems is what allows leaders to manipulate these dimensions to express National Power.
I will go in reverse order to show the challenges that Palestinian leaders have.
Economic - There is, effectively, almost no Palestinian economy. Whether it be Hamas or Fatah, Gaza or the West Bank, there are currently crushing economic blocks that prevent either terrirtory from effectively integrating into the larger World economy. There would be great difficulty and enormous costs in the importation of something as simple as fertilizer to increase farm yields above subsitance level, much less for mechanization and spare parts to increase yields. Transportation costs are, given some estimates, an order of magnitude greater for products into and out of Palestine, effectively pricing Palestine out of the manufactured goods market. Worse, this means that there is no revenue source for the PA. There is no tax base, no system basis to fund schools, services, etc.
The entire PA, whether it be Hamas or Fatah, is dependant on grants from Arab and Western States. Although this gives the PA some sway in spending, large blocks of the PA's nominal budget are controlled by outside agencies for fear that it will be disbursed to terrorists within the territories. That leaves transnational smuggling as the final source of goods and services. These are tightly controlled, often corrupt, and nepotistic. What is the balance between tolerating neoptism and corruption and eliminating vital goods and services from you population?
A state the is unable to fund, or develop funding, for basic goods and services begins its journey at a severe disadvantage.
Military - There is largely no 'military' force to speak of. All of the weapons available to the forces, including the government forces, are at parity. AK-47's, RPK's, RPG's, and mortars, no armor, no aircraft, limited surveillence devices. Effectively, with a single robust truck load of weapons, a rival Palestinian faction can be created and made effective in the security capabilities void. That means all progress is through consensus of peers, not superior/subordinate relationships so common in military forces.
Information - Palestine has a nominally free press, and has been doing an increasingly good job of getting its side of the story out. There are regular contacts with Western, once unheard of, and Regional Press. There is an increasing amount of propoganda aimed at undermining Israel information efforts as well. This is the growth industry for Palestinian resistence, and something they are getting quite good at.
Diplomacy - Difficult, with many factions, Arab and Western, engaged in the conflict. Nevertheless, the Palestinians are making progress in the region, with serious talk of the extension of links to Hamas by some major Western Powers. Although overt military support to Palestine ended with the Camp David Accords, Palestine continues to effetively generate sources of funding throughout the Arab world using both formal and informal methods. They are also beginning to have more success diplomatically in consensus organizations like the UN.
Any Palestinian leader will have a great deal of difficult doing anything like force projection. On the contrary to the often ill considered calls of poor leadership, in the areas fo state power where Palestine can produce results they are producing results. We in the West may not like these advances in Palestinian efforts, but it would be poor leadership indeed who simply threw up there hands and gave up. That Palestinian leaders are not doing this, despite the numerous advantages that Israel has, is a testamount to the tenacity of Palestinian leadership.
Watch it, mrbig. You are getting close to the border of civility, here.