Could congressional sanctions on Palestinians backfire for Israel?

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Contributors January 09, 2015, 07:30 am

Could congressional sanctions on Palestinians backfire for Israel?

By Josh Ruebner, contributor

In their unstinting zeal to safeguard Israel’s stranglehold over the Palestinians, members of Congress may have inadvertently set the stage for the materialization of Israel’s nightmare scenario: the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA). As the new 114th Congress gets underway, here’s how the law of unintended consequences could unfold over the next few years.

Read more in The Hill.

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