- Prof. Hillel Frisch
- December 8, 2017
- Paper No. 678
The PA and Hamas are hopeful that unorganized Palestinian youth will mobilize against President Trumpโs declaration acknowledging that Jerusalem is Israelโs capital. A groundswell from the streets would preclude the necessity for the two organizations to actively take the lead. However, the readers of al-Quds, the Palestinian silent majority, are loath to sacrifice their sons on behalf of the warring factions.