Growing economic protests in the West Bank could lead to increased regional instability and perhaps even the end of the Palestinian Authority, experts are warning. At this point, however, they say the protests are unlikely to result in an eruption of violence against Israel.

The unrest began last week in response to the rising cost of living in Palestinian cities, as well as to a delay in paying P.A. employees. Thousands of protesters in Nablus and Hebron burned tires and threw stones on Monday, injuring 50 people.