But Palestinians see such reforms as simply an excuse to prolong and defer their quest for self-determination and equal rights.
For better or worse, the answer for what lies ahead for Israel and Palestine, and the question of how debates over the two-state solution will be resolved, may be in the hands of U.S. President Donald Trump. For now, Trump seems to have backed Israeli calls for reforms to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as the first step toward any kind of reconciliation.
For better or worse, the answer for what lies ahead for Israel and Palestine, and the question of how debates over the two-state solution will be resolved, may be in the hands of U.S. President Donald Trump. For now, Trump seems to have backed Israeli calls for reforms to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as the first step toward any kind of reconciliation.
But Palestinians see such reforms as simply an excuse to prolong and defer their quest for self-determination and equal rights.
Among the top reforms that the Israelis need the PA to carry out is an overhaul of its education curriculum. “It has to start with education,” Daniel Schwammenthal, editor of the Jewish Chronicles, told me last year as he sipped on coffee at a cafe under the shadow of the European Union building in Brussels.
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