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Martin Indyk, "A Trusteeship for Palestine," in Foreign Affairs, May/June 2003 (foreignaffairs.org)
Despite a long series of promises to stop, Palestinian terrorists have continued to attack Israel in the wake of every peace agreement. This has blocked the establishment of a Palestinian state even though almost everybody (including Israel itself) has accepted the need for one. Martin Indyk, a Brookings Institution scholar, says that peace efforts fail because the Palestinians have "no credible institutions" to control terror.
As a way out of the current quagmire, Indyk proposes a trusteeship for the areas where Palestinians live. Under such an agreement--used with some success in Kosovo and East Timor--a council of nations led by the United States would control Gaza and the West Bank. These nations would work to build democratic institutions, infrastructure, and civil society. In addition to the intrinsic benefits of a ...
Source: HighBeam Research, A Mid-East solution? (Other Countries).