PA begins pullout deployment
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Thousands of Palestinian Authority policemen, waving flags and brandishing AK-47 rifles, were deployed near Gaza Strip settlements on Sunday as part of a major security operation designed to prevent Palestinian militants from disrupting the disengagement.
It was the first time Palestinian security forces had been allowed to come so close to the settlements.
PA security officials said 15,000 policemen had been recruited for the mission – the largest force amassed since the PA was established more than a decade ago. The policemen will create a protective barrier around the settlements to prevent Palestinians from rushing toward them during and after the disengagement, the officials said.
"We are here to protect our people," said Maj. Hussein Abu Adrah of the PA's National Security Force. "We won't allow anyone to come near the settlements because the Israeli army is still there. We are hoping that the withdrawal will be conducted in a smooth manner."
He said the forces would remain at least 300 meters away from the settlements until the withdrawal is complete. The PA forces would then enter the settlements to check for land mines or other kinds of explosives, he added.
PA Interior Ministry spokesman Tawkif Abu Khoussa urged Palestinians to stay away from the settlements, noting that the IDF and many settlers were still in the Gaza Strip. Abu Khousa's appeal came after Al Jazeera and other Arab satellite stations reporting live from the Kissufim checkpoint claimed that the settlers and the IDF had begun the pullout.
Dozens of Egyptian security officers are in the Gaza Strip to help the PA security forces impose law and order
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A win, win situation for Palestinians. If there's violence, it proves Jews are bad. Hamas has already said once they regain control of Gaza, there'll be 'the odd' rocket here and there and Jews will die...so what. To the Palestinian mind nothing succeeds like success. Intafada, mayhem and murder, suicide bombs have yielded the Gaza Strip. Psychology 101, positive reinforcement will produce more of the same behavior. What reason in the world would they have to change their behavior, their goals? So predictable and tragic.
One of the things I do not understand is this. The Palestinians were pissed because there were "Joos" in Gaza.
Now, they are leaving Gaza and the Palestinians are still pissed.
They wanted their own nation. They are getting it with the security wall as the border. They are still pissed.
When will the American left get it? They don't want their own nation. They want dead Israelis.