‘Palestinian Authority’ Shakier Than Ever

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Unpaid electricity bills result in blackouts, and a huge financial ruling finds it liable for terror.

Avner Zarmi

Feb 25 2015

 

One of the major consequences of the so-called “Peace Process” set in motion in 1993 through the Oslo Accords was the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) as Israel’s putative “partner for peace” in the negotiations, intended as the interim government of a Palestinian state in the process of becoming. The idea was that the basic structures and institutions of a civil society would be developed, which would then lead to the rise of a typical nation-state.

 

As the old saying goes, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

 

The PA has done few, if any, of the things required for a “state-on-the-way.” Indeed, as the landmark judgment handed down in New York earlier this week clearly demonstrated, the PA has been guilty not merely of ignoring the preparations for peace and normal statehood but of constantly inciting hatred, hostility, and deadly terrorist action against Israel and anyone who visits her. The judgment hits the PA with $655.5 million in civil damages for actions leading to the deaths and serious injury of American citizens visiting and studying in Israel. Together with other issues, it seriously threatens the financial stability of the kleptocratic nascent state.

 

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