The Arab Spring may have had little effect on the governance of the Palestinian territories, save for a few demonstrations that sparked a patently insincere unity agreement between Fatah and Hamas, both of which have been preoccupied with avoiding blame. But the Arab Fall may yet bring the collapse of the Palestinian Authority. The "diplomatic tsunami" bearing down on Israel in the form of a Palestine Liberation Organisation bid to have the United Nations recognise a state of Palestine on the 1967 borders could also drown the PA, which has since 1994 been the administrative and security foundation of the West Bank status quo.
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