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How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

The US created the Palestinian Authority in 1993 but has consistently implemented policies limiting its autonomy and facilitating political division between Gaza and the West Bank.

Summary by The Conversation
US president Bill Clinton with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on 13 September 1993. Vince Musi/The White HouseAt the end of August, the Trump administration blocked Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and 80 other Palestinian officials from attending the UN general assembly meeting in New York, which runs between September 9 and 23. The US president’s decision to r…

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The Conversation broke the news in on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
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