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March 2, 2022

Palestinian Leadership May Need a Bailout from Israel

The governing authority is in crisis.

A February meeting of the Palestinian Central Council revealed that Palestinian leaders are overwhelmed by governing challenges. The council—a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) body that has assumed many of the responsibilities of the moribund Palestinian parliament—had until then not met since 2018. As David May and Abdel Abdelrahman write, its leaders called for “a halt to security ties until Israel recognizes a Palestinian state.” May and Abdel Abdelrahman analyze the consequences of such a decision:

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