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All Talk and No Dialogue
(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - Seven weeks have gone by since the agreement on the cease-fire between Israel and the PA, and it's clear that the truce does not in fact exist. The terror attacks in Israel are continuing. The leading trio - Abu Mazen, Minister of State for Security Affairs Mohammed Dahlan, and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad - is incapable of enforcing the hudna even on the armed groups within its own movement, the Fatah. These forces can be called Tanzim, or Al Aqsa Brigades, but in fact these are gangs that can be bought for money and this is being done now by Iranian emissaries. In the direct war against terror, which Israel sees as the most important thing, Abu Mazen and Dahlan have remained in the realm of talk. Many fine words and promises, and negligible implementation. This is also the increasing feeling among the Americans.