Comment and Opinion
Alan Johnson – 01/12/2011
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The Palestinian Morning After (World Affairs)
– “Palestinian unilateralism has damaged the prospects for Palestinian statehood. Adventurism in New York, far from producing a state in Palestine, has triggered a crisis in the Palestinian Authority (PA) itself.
The international aid money is drying up, nation-building is under threat as improvements in West Bank security and economic development are compromised, and a return to violence is a real possibility. UNESCO has a new member, but that symbolic victory has been paid for by substantive reversals on three issues essential to any conflict-ending agreement—Palestinian state-building, trust between the negotiating parties, and international community engagement in the peace process.”