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PA Security Forces Won't Combat Militant Groups


(Ha'aretz) Danny Rubinstein - PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has little practical ability to do anything other than issue vague and ambiguous statements - like the one he issued on Monday after the terror attack in Netanya - condemning attacks on innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians. The reason: The PA security services are overrun with chaos and anarchy. The PA security services are doing no more than attempting to fight Palestinian crime gangs, operations which enjoy wide Palestinian public support, unlike those aimed at combating the militant groups. Given the current situation, no senior Palestinian official dares to mention the disarmament of the Islamic Jihad.
2005-12-06 00:00:00
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