(Washington Times) Joshua Mitnick - Law and order has broken down throughout the West Bank since Israel reoccupied the territory nearly two years ago, with militant youth gangs and a regression to clan rule filling the vacuum. In some places, the police are back on the streets in uniform for the first time since April 2000, still without weapons, in a new bid to battle waves of crime and vigilantism. In other areas, ruling militants refuse to let uniformed police back on the streets.
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