Achieving statehood would save the West Bank from an impending wave of violence, crime, chaos and disease, reports major Palestinian study.
The breakdown of the Palestinian Authority would turn the West Bank into a violent, criminal, chaotic, disease-ridden place. But even though most Palestinians want the PA to survive, either for the sake of basic social order or personal interest, and although Israel dreads having to resume responsibility for 3 million West Bankers, President Mahmoud Abbas’ regime will collapse before too long if Israel continues to thwart Palestinian aspirations for independence.
Palestinians throwing rocks, a ubiquitous image of the Intifada.-
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