| Description |
1 online resource (iii, 30 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Middle East report ; no. 142 |
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ICG Middle East report ; no. 142.
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| Contents |
Executive summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Underlying the unrest, a crisis of legitimacy -- III. A downward slide -- IV. West Bank security -- V. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's resignation has pushed questions of West Bank economic, political and security stability back to the fore. Even under Fayyad, the last year has been the most tumultuous since Hamas seized Gaza in 2007. The Palestinian Authority (PA) found itself in a financial crisis, unable to pay salaries or halt economic decline. Fatah, resentful of marginalisation, exploited the resulting economic-cum-political protests, which quickly escaped its control. Escalating Israeli-Palestinian clashes gave rise to predictions of a third intifada. For now, though rates of violence remain comparatively high, the general mood has quieted; U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's diplomatic initiative faces myriad obstacles, but a sustained uprising is unlikely to be among them. There are ways to further insulate the West Bank against instability, but if the interested parties do not get beyond managing conflict triggers to addressing root issues, today's relative calm could well be fleeting |
| Notes |
"29 May 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed May 29, 2013) |
| Subject |
Political stability -- West Bank
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Politics and government
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Political stability.
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| SUBJECT |
West Bank -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
West Bank.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group.
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