New policy necessary for Palestine

Primož Šterbenc discusses the current situation of the Palestinians: "The mounting violence, the increasing number of victims, the catastrophic economic and social situation in the Gaza Strip, ... the growing discredit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ... all go to show that the policies of the Middle East Quartet with the US at its head have been misguided and harmful right from day one. If things continue this way, violence will escalate and the 'peace process' will collapse. ... Isolating Hamas politically cannot bring victory." Hamas gained the support of a majority of Palestinians in the last elections, and so may not be excluded from the political process, Šterbenc writes, arguing that it is problematic "that serious sanctions have never been implemented against the occupying state which has violated international law for the last 41 years. ... Israel has systematically prevented any economic development in the Palestinian territories for several decades now."

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