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Palestinian Authority Adrift after Three Months of Unrest


(AFP) Sarah Benhaida - Three months into a wave of violence some have likened to a new uprising, the Palestinian Authority has found itself adrift and increasingly out of touch, analysts say. "Young people see no political horizon and suffer from economic crisis and unemployment," said Ghassan Khatib, vice president of Birzeit University near Ramallah and a former PA cabinet minister. "The leaders are incapable of satisfying their political and economic demands." Khatib said Palestinian politics "is at an impasse and incapable of reinventing itself."
2016-01-06 00:00:00
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