Wasn't that Tom Clancy's idea?
Yes, partially. In his "universe" Palestinians also stopped armed and suicide attacks and used Gandhi-like protests only, which put in-turn enormous pressure on Israel to compromise ASAP. Clancy assumption was that otherwise the Palestinians won't get the world support. Clancy was right many times in his predictions, but he underestimates the world's gullibility and animosity toward Jews. The Palestinians get the world support without stopping any attacks on civilians. If terrorism works, why stop it?