The Palestinians’ new prime minister faces a nightmare
The PA says it is preparing for an “emerging reality” in Gaza
VIOLENCE WAS again raging in Israel and the Palestinian territories. America had an ambitious plan to end it, with the support of Arab countries who offered to normalise ties with Israel. But America felt that it could no longer work with the ageing, isolated Palestinian president. Peace would require new blood, and so America pushed the Palestinian leader to name a technocratic prime minister who would reform the corrupt Palestinian Authority (PA) and build a state-in-waiting.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Fresh blood, same problems”
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