(Daily Star-Lebanon) Shlomo Avineri - The Hamas victory is an indication of the total failure of the traditional Palestinian leadership to create a body politic. Palestine is not yet a state, but it is already a failed one. Arafat's Fatah-led PA spent more than 70% of its meager budget on a dozen competing security and intelligence services. It is not clear that the existing PA security services will allow a peaceful transfer of power. There has almost never been a peaceful transfer of power in any of the Arab League's 22 member states.
2006-01-30 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive