A future Palestinian state is in “extreme jeopardy” according to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Palestinian Authority is struggling to cope with a spiraling economic and financial crisis that Fayyad linked to the failure of Arab states to deliver promised assistance. The assistance has become crucial in the aftermath of Palestinian moves at the UN to seek and secure upgraded non-member statehood, which were done over the objections of the United States and Israel and which triggered financial sanctions. Fayyad had opposed the diplomatic campaign precisely due to fears over its financial consequences, but Palestinian officials led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prevailed instead. The shortfall in promised Arab assistance seems to bear out Fayyad’s fears about the tangible costs of the diplomatic gambit.