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| Abbas-Hamas/Ben Gurion-Begin |
| 2003-06-15 |
Don Sensing discusses similarities between Israel in 1948 and Paleostine today.One of the things that makes a sovereign state sovereign is holding a monopoly on the use of force, especially military force. This monopoly is proving to be a huge hurdle for birthing a Palestinian state. Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas nominally commands the Palestinian Authority's security forces, but he has not yet demonstrated just how much real control he has of them. And, as I posted Wednesday, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas violently refuses to accept Abbas' authority. Unless Hamas is brought to heel there is no prospect for a sovereign Palestinian state.Then he goes on to explain why. A very interesting and informative read, by one of the best analytical minds in Blogdom. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Abbas? How old is this? He was a couple PM's ago...Qureia's just as ineffective, and has even less control of security |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-14 10:28:12 AM |
| #2 Unless Hamas is brought to heel there is no prospect for a sovereign Palestinian state. Mein fuerher! I can see! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-14 9:58:19 AM |
| #1 There was also a discussion of this incident over on littlegreenfootballs.com earlier, including debate over whether the usual history of the event is correct or not. It's an interesting incident anyway; I had never heard of it before the last week or so, and I'm glad I read about it in both places. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2003-06-15 21:57:35 |