If Palestinians and their North American friends understand the Gulf policy, they will understand why UAE, and now Saudi Arabia, do not see land and sovereignty as tools of wealth or national interests, and instead seek bilateral trade/services economy, which enhances non-oil sectors. 

Palestinian interests would be best served if they endorse a similar policy and political economic model, but the words Palestinian and policy are an oxymoron. Instead, most Palestinians love to write poetry about the olive trees that their grandparents planted somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Source: Hussain Abdul-Hussain - FDD Research Fellow - X