Posted on 12/06/2011 4:07:09 PM PST by SJackson
Palestinian police will need all resources at its disposal to deal with the reinforcement provided to the West Bank's criminal underworld.
In the coming days, as the next wave of Palestinian prisoners are released as part of the Gilad Shalit deal, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ought to change the locks on his house and car.
Contacts between the Egyptians and Israeli mediator David Meidan, a representative of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have made clear that the vast majority of the 550 soon-to-be-released prisoners are car thieves and petty criminals.
This time, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will not be able to complain that tax revenue collected in Israel for the Palestinian Authority is being used to rehabilitate released terrorists. The Palestinian police will need every available penny to deal with the reinforcement provided to the West Bank's criminal underworld.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
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Abu Mazen didn't live to this age by being a stupid terrorist. He'll ignore the locks, bet he's already upped his security detail. And he's out in a year or so anyway, he's not going to challenge either Hamas or the younger bucks of Fatah. No upside to killing him. Wonder if he'll retire to Europe, or hang around in retirement.
“...the West Bank’s criminal underworld.”
How would you distinguish between the “West Bank” and the “West Bank Criminal Underworld?”
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