(New York Times) - At a meeting of the Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations, participants discussed the urgency of a democratic overhaul of Palestinian institutions: new elections, a more effective separation of powers in the Palestinian government, a renewed struggle against official corruption. Yet, according to Dr. Abu Amr, an American-trained political scientist, "Even the crooks are saying, 'We have to fight corruption,'" and the meeting received little mention on Palestinian television news programs.
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