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The Road Out of Gaza
Publication Date: February 2008
Publisher(s): Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author(s): Nathan Brown
Funder(s): Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Funder(s): Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topic: Politics (Political status)
Type: Report
Coverage: Palestine
Abstract:
The Middle East peace process will fail unless Palestinian political institutions are rebuilt, argues a new paper from the Carnegie Endowment. The rebuilding of viable political structures to represent and serve the Palestinians is the only way to move beyond the current political stalemate and the failed effort to build a Palestinian state.
In The Road Out of Gaza, Palestinian expert Nathan J. Brown discusses the economic and political disarray not only in Gaza and the West Bank but within Hamas and Fatah as well, and argues that the international efforts to rebuild Palestine are in reality counterproductive. Brown suggests a long-term international strategy based on restoring Palestinian institutions, encouraging a Fatah-Hamas agreement, and emphasizing regional diplomacy.