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July 29, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/articls/details.asp?name=6398

Can Palestinians Manage the Gaza Disengagement?

Editorial Bassem Eid - If the PA's current reluctance to reform continues, its ability to enforce law and order at the Palestinian street level may diminish and clashes might take place among the armed groups. The militias cannot be tolerated and cannot be given a free hand on the streets of Gaza if law and order is to prevail. This will be essential in proving the legitimacy and the capability of the PA to the international community. It is imperative that the soft approach to gun crime and terrorization of neighborhoods by armed gangs ends and that criminals be put behind bars, not incorporated into the security forces and the police as is currently being done. The writer is the founder and director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group. (Palestinian Press Center) # Dubious Spin on Saudi Arabia

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