Posted on 01/04/2006 10:49:20 PM PST by jmc1969
Foreigners have been kidnapped. And every day there are angry anti-government protests. Public buildings are stormed as armed demonstrators demand jobs, or sometimes the release of prisoners.
There have been attacks on police stations, clan feuds and clashes between militia groups.
"There is a disintegration in our situation here," says the independent election candidate, Dr Eyad El Surraj.
"There is a disintegration of the Palestinian Authority and its forces, which is a symptom of the disintegration of Fatah itself. There is no decision-making process. There is no leadership."
Nowhere are the PA's failings more painfully apparent than in the security field.
Fatah is facing its first parliamentary electoral challenge from Hamas in the current campaign. And Hamas clearly believes that some in Fatah fear they will lose out badly and are looking for an excuse to call off the election.
"Everyone now suspects that this is planned chaos," said Dr El Surraj. "This is planned violation of the rule of law - planned to disrupt the elections."
But there is now a growing appreciation of the depth of the malaise in Palestinian society
Hafiz Barghouti, the editor of the newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadeed, has written: "It appears we are neither prepared to change, nor admit that we have failed in running our own affairs. Everyone is busy calculating how to make the biggest possible gains at the homeland's expense.
"While most Palestinians find it easy to blame the occupation for all our ills, it is a fact that the occupation was not as bad as the lawlessness and corruption that we are now facing."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
It's normal... God always turn Israel's enemies against themselves...
And finally asks UN to help build security walls between Palestinians to minimize casualties... lol!
Are you nuts Zuhri? There is no such thing as Palestinian Authority... you can do whatever you want, nobody cares, not even your Arab neighbors... nobody's going to be imprisoned!
Don't worry - the unexcerpted article blames Israel. Natural law is intact.
I thought the Arabs are gonna get their act together in Gaza now that they have their own little piece of land to start a country. *extreme sacrasm*
Good - I was worried there for a minute or two.
(There are so many inaccuracies in this article I find it almost unbelievable that BBC is still considered a major news agency!)
No kidding...
I thought this was Sharon's plan for the pullout from the begining. Agree in principle to a Palestinian state, while "creating facts" to make it obvious that no such state is possible because of the nature of Palestiian "society". Gaza is the new Somolia.
Looters strip Gaza greenhousesNEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Palestinians looted dozens of greenhouses on Tuesday, walking off with irrigation hoses, water pumps and plastic sheeting in a blow to fledgling efforts to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.
American Jewish donors had bought more than 3,000 greenhouses from Israeli settlers in Gaza for $14 million last month and transferred them to the Palestinian Authority. Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, who brokered the deal, put up $500,000 of his own cash.
Palestinian police stood by helplessly Tuesday as looters carted off materials from greenhouses in several settlements, and commanders complained they did not have enough manpower to protect the prized assets. In some instances, there was no security and in others, police even joined the looters, witnesses said.
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Except yesterday there was a thread on fr that the Palis had stolen bulldozers and broken through a WALL securing the Egyptian border, leading to a firefight with Egyptian soldiers.
So, Egypt has a wall to keep the Palis out?
Egypt doesn't want them either?
You can count the number of nations that want the Palis on the fingers of one foot.
Yep. Here's a link to one of the Palis bulldozing the Egyptian wall story---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1678274,00.html
I'm shocked, SHOCKED I say!
The Palis seem like such "nice" folks.
[snip] Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli defence minister, yesterday warned Palestinian and Egyptian officials that if they could not control their border Israel would have to do to it for them. Egyptian police countered that they were overrun because they did not have orders to shoot.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1678274,00.html
Earlier, the Egyptian troops fired tear gas and shot into the air. A witness said that three Palestinians were wounded, one seriously, when a troop carrier crushed him against a wall.
The police imposed a curfew on the Egyptian side, all shops were closed, and the authorities cut electricity, plunging the scene in near-total darkness.
[snip] Hams's followers fired at the Palestinian security headquarters in Rafah, where he was held, briefly took over four government buildings, and then drove to the Rafah crossing, which was reopened last month after intense negotiations directed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Firing in the air, they closed the entrance gate and ordered people waiting to cross to leave. They set up an impromptu checkpoint, turning away travelers, but left the buildings and the crossing after three hours.
The militants then stole two bulldozers in Rafah and led an impromptu parade of hundreds of jubilant residents toward a wall a few hundred meters from the border. Five militants rode in the shovel of one bulldozer, while children held onto the back of the vehicle.
[snip]
Raanan Gissin, an aide to the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, said such crossings are a violation of the agreement Rice negotiated. "We will deal with any terrorism that emanates from their territory, and we know how to deal with it," he said.
[snip]
Fatah-affiliated vigilantes demanding government jobs or the release of imprisoned friends have been responsible for much of the anarchy, particularly since Israel's pullout from Gaza.
"The Palestinian Authority is turning into the Palestinian Anarchy," Gissin said. "You have armed gangs that are controlling the fate of 3 million Palestinians."
Of course you do.
That's what you have had ever since the U. S. dug up Arafat and his murdering henchmen and put them in charge of the so called West Bank.
What else is not new?
Geez. Considering that hanging political posters led to shooting deaths, I will have to take offense at the next Presidential election when they use the term "Battleground State"!
Why not? CBS, ABC, NBC, Reuters, the AP still are.
Sigh, you are right - although it pains me to admit it.
:-)
This all sounds familiar to me for some reason...i can't quite put my finger on it.....ahem...uhh...nevermind....
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