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January 12, 2011

Why Fayyadism Is Working in the West Bank

Robert Danin, Financial Times

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Palestinian critics should stop resenting Mr Fayyad's successes and abandon failed past approaches, such as the armed struggle or appeals to outsiders to deliver them a state. And the international community should devote more attention to the bottom up approach, rather than focusing solely on diplomacy.

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TAGGED: West Bank, Salam Fayyad, Palestine, Israel

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