Palestinians Try Less Violent Resistance

Burnt out on both armed struggle and diplomacy, Palestinian leaders are looking to a third path: political resistance that seeks to be non-violent. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority's new strategy to try to end Israeli occupation includes unarmed protest marches, boycott campaigns against goods produced by Israeli settlers, and illegal tree-planting in off-limits West Bank areas, the New York Times reports.

It's an approach that fits the times: While Palestinians are in a "crisis of vision" about how to deal with Israel, daily life on the West Bank has become increasingly normalized and functional in the past two years—offering the business community hope that the push to ban settlers' products will give Palestinian companies a chance to replace Israeli goods with their own.
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