Again, without wanting to get too political, I think it's essentially bikeshedding. The Palestinian National Authority is riven with factional conflicts and has

Again, without wanting to get too political, I think it's essentially bikeshedding. The Palestinian National Authority is riven with factional conflicts and has very limited state capacity. That almost inevitably leads to a lot of bickering over largely irrelevant decisions as a symbolic but hollow demonstration of political authority. The ability to make the decision takes on an importance completely out of proportion with the actual significance of the decision.