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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
In 2016, the Middle East Quartet had declared the two-state paradigm obsolete. The UN’s response to the announcement was to ensure the two-state politics retained its relevance despite no chance of its implementation. Needless to say, the Palestinian Authority (PA) acquiesced to this strategy, partly because it has no other option than to follow the lead of its donors. However, the PA’s pragmatic and compromised reasoning does not absolve it of the fact that it has profited from its betrayal of the Palestinian people’s political rights. PA officials have occasionally complained of the internat…