Nathan Thrall · Rage in Jerusalem · LRB 4 December 2014
▻http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n23/nathan-thrall/rage-in-jerusalem
#Abbas has refused even the non-violent means of pressuring #Israel that have been available to him for several years, such as supporting the boycott of goods not just from the settlements but from the state that creates and supports them, and curtailing security co-operation with Israel. Thanks in part to collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian security forces, Palestinian dissent is more conspicuous in areas outside the PA’s control: hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, boycotts and divestment in the diaspora, and protests and violence in Palestinian communities in Israel and Jerusalem. When the PLO’s political strategy is to submit resolutions to the UN Security Council which it knows in advance will be vetoed , it is little wonder that Palestinians in Jerusalem are acting on their own.