Only by supporting the development of civil institutions that provide a foundation for a society at peace and that educate the population, particularly the young, to desire peace rather than martyrdom, can there be movement toward a resolution of the conflict. The U.S. payed lip-service to this essential truth, but its embrace of Abbas, as well as Israel`s engagement with him, only drived events further from peace. Members of what had been a growing middle class, faced now with Fatah corruption, shakedowns that undermined their businesses, political intimidation, and casual violence, began to leave the territories. The result of the PA?s policy at :
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