They can't benefit from joining the Palestinian Authority when they can receive more public support by being against the Palestinian Authority at a time when the public mood is very critical of the Palestinian Authority.
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can understand why Israeli officials are nervous ... because, if this is going to be successful, then the Israelis will be faced from their side with having to fulfill their obligations from the road map.Ghassan Khatib
Security zones should be partly in one state and partly in another, and it should be by agreement, but Israel is working on a unilateral basis,
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The only way out of it is an initiative to come from the international community led by the United States ... with some political weight behind such initiatives in order to enforce it.
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This is a recipe for continuing the conflict, and this is a message of an unwillingness to resume the political process.
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By avoiding dealing with the PA, you are going to impact humanitarian issues.
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Israel is narrowing the security space of the Palestinian Authority. This is playing into the hands of the only alternative to the Palestinian Authority the Palestinian opposition.
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