German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is discussing the future role of the Palestinian Authority (PA) with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa, with an eye toward reforming the PA. Before the meeting with Mustafa on Tuesday, Baerbock had Oliver Owcza, head of the German Representative Office for Palestine in Ramallah, show her the situation in the West Bank and the border area with Israel. Critics accuse the right-wing extremist sections of the Israeli government of wanting to strangle the PA by cutting Israeli payments to the body. As a result, some salaries of PA employees can no…