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Fatah (Palestinian Leadership) on the Verge of Eruption
YNet News ^ | 10/23/2015 | Alex Fishman

Posted on 10/23/2015 2:43:38 PM PDT by jonatron

When senior Palestinian security officials want to mock their Israeli colleagues, they remind them that just in Qalandiya - an area controlled by Israel - there are at least 400 M-16 rifles. That figure does not incluide other weapons - guns, explosives and grenades - that are in the hands of militant groups there. Some of these groups are affiliated with Fatah's Tanzim, some are affiliated with other organizations, and others belong to criminal organizations - all operating in this no man's land, where no law applies.

These militants have no problem with appearing on camera, on Channel 2 for example, just as they had no quams about opening fire at an IDF force that went into Qalandiya last Saturday to arrest a wanted man who already spent a year and a half in prison.

"So are YOU going to go in there and get the weapons out, or are you going to leave it to us?" the Israeli security officials respond in anger whenever anyone accuses them of sitting on their hands and doing nothing - implying that the Israeli security forces are afraid to enter a refugee camp under their control in order to demilitarize the Tanzim.

Last Saturday night, an army force entered the camp to take measurements of a home set to be demolished. Several dozen militants surrounded the building and made it abundantly clear that they were willing to die in order to stop the structure from being demolished. This is the mood in Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem. The army will have to come back there, with more forces, in order to complete preparations. And now it's clear that demolishing terrorists' homes will entail fighting dozens of militants who have been left unchecked for years...

(Excerpt) Read more at ynetnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; fatah; gaza; hamas; hizbollah; iran; israel; jihad; kgb; lebanon; oslo; patricelumumbaschool; peaceprocess; russia; sinai; syria; waronterror
Very interesting article that clarifies some of the realities that have developed in the aftermath of the Oslo Accords.
1 posted on 10/23/2015 2:43:39 PM PDT by jonatron
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I know the Israelis feel bad about killing terrorists, but everybody cheers when they do.

Go in and get ‘em all.


2 posted on 10/23/2015 2:52:18 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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“there are at least 400 M-16 rifles”

Many or most supplied by the US.


3 posted on 10/23/2015 2:58:16 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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“Several dozen militants surrounded the building and made it abundantly clear that they were willing to die in order to stop the structure from being demolished.”

Oblige them.

L


4 posted on 10/23/2015 3:02:23 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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...an area controlled by Israel - ... all operating in this no man's land, where no law applies.

Well, which is it? "controlled by Israel" or "no law applies"?

It's bad enough having reporters who cannot write logically, but where are their editors?

5 posted on 10/23/2015 3:09:06 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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“Oblige them.”


Seriously, let’s.

They want to die for Allah, and we want to kill them. I see the makings of an agreement that will be the most perfect one in history.


6 posted on 10/23/2015 3:10:22 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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One little airdrop should fix that problem


7 posted on 10/23/2015 3:11:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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fighting dozens of militants who have been left unchecked for years...

And therein lies the problem.


8 posted on 10/23/2015 3:22:43 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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That is what snipers are for. Shoot the lefty reported first


9 posted on 10/23/2015 3:26:30 PM PDT by WMarshal (Either the mess gets fix or the Democrat Party and the Republican Parties will implode.)
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Color me horrified. Could anyone post that animated gif of multiple horrified animals and people?


10 posted on 10/23/2015 6:31:55 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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11 posted on 10/23/2015 6:34:55 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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