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Israel-Palestine
’Gang rule’ in Palestine: Jericho only city with functioning police
2004-07-15
Palestinian Authority police are not on the beat in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Too busy lookin' for Jooooos to kill.
A United Nations briefing on the estimated 45,000 PA police and security forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip informed the Security Council that PA police operate in only one city. UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said the PA police are on the job in Jericho in the West Bank. Jericho has been the scene of training of PA police by Britain and Jordan, according to reports by Middle East Newsline. "Jericho is actually becoming the only Palestinian city with a functioning police," Roed-Larsen said. The failure of the police has led to chaos throughout the PA areas, the council was told. Roed-Larsen warned of a collapse of the PA and said the worst-hit areas was Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and Nablus in the northern West Bank. "Clashes and showdowns between branches of Palestinian security forces are now common in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian Authority legal authority is receding fast in the face of the mounting power of arms, money and intimidation," Roed-Larsen said. "Lawlessness and gang rule are becoming common in [the northern West Bank city of] Nablus."
"But really, they're Palestinians so it's hard to tell."
The UN envoy said the PA "has made no progress on its core obligation to take immediate action on the ground to end violence and combat terror." Roed-Larsen also criticized what he called Israel’s failure to remove unauthorized Israeli outposts in the West Bank. "Despite a well-intended prime minister, the paralysis of the Palestinian Authority has become abundantly clear and the deterioration of law and order in Palestinian areas is steadily worsening," Roed-Larsen said. "The PA is in deep distress and is in real danger of collapse."
Posted by:Mark Espinola

#14  Awwwww, ain't that just too bad.

Clean up your own acts instead of whining, assholes. Quit playing the victim and you won't be one.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-07-15 5:27:03 PM  

#13  The Palestinian Victim.

I'm pretty sure that's trademarked...
Posted by: Raj   2004-07-15 12:46:28 PM  

#12  And yes it was English sprots car that was used... a Triumph as I recall to ride around the walls in.

Thank heavens the Jews didn't ride around the walls in a Morris Minor.

Posted by: Shipman   2004-07-15 11:35:43 AM  

#11  Opppss... now I remember. The proto IDF horn section dealt with it early on.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-07-15 11:33:16 AM  

#10  Jericho has somehow cut a deal. It's the only city the IDF doesn't dink with and the only pali city that's not famous for the family boomers.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-07-15 11:32:21 AM  

#9  ..."has equaled the Palestinian victim with the Israeli aggressor."

Yes, yes. The Palestinian Victim. A chart topper for over 50 years. It's made Yasshole a lot of money.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-07-15 9:07:59 AM  

#8  #6 ed,
The Israeli's should just explain to the Palis that the wall is being built so that Jews will no longer be forced to look at Muslim women.

By any chance did you read about this incident?


Today, Reuters reports under the heading, "Peeping Tom Sparks Muslim-Christian Riot in W.Bank"
Posted by: Cynic   2004-07-15 9:00:33 AM  

#7  from the formation of the PA - the police and security have been the gangs
Posted by: Frank G   2004-07-15 8:58:25 AM  

#6  When I look at photos of the mideast, I see walls everywhere. Walls around houses, compounds, streets, cities. And for what? So their neighbors can't take a peek at their women? The Israeli's should just explain to the Palis that the wall is being built so that Jews will no longer be forced to look at Muslim women. The Palis will be supportive.
Posted by: ed   2004-07-15 8:07:21 AM  

#5  Speak of the Devil...check out this article that just appeared on Google News.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei hit back Thursday at the UN Middle East envoy who harshly criticized Arafat's inaction, terming his criticism "non-objective". Qurei said in a statement that Terji Roed-Larsen's criticism was "non objective" for he "has equaled the Palestinian victim with the Israeli aggressor."

When briefing the United Nations on Wednesday, Larsen harshly criticised Palestinian Yasser Arafat for his passivity and inaction in reforming the security apparatuses, a move called for by the international community as part of Palestinian efforts to revive the stalled Middle East roadmap peace process.

Immediately following Larsen's remarks, Palestinians officials voiced anger, announcing Larsen an unwelcome person to the
Palestinian territories.
Posted by: Gromky   2004-07-15 8:00:11 AM  

#4  The UN can't possibly criticize the Paleos without throwing in a few jabs at the Jews. It's all in the name of UN impartiality. It wouldn't be impartial to blame the Paleos trouble on themselves...remember, this whole mess is Isreal's fault.
Posted by: Gromky   2004-07-15 7:56:26 AM  

#3  When the Wall is complete, the collapse will be complete. The Israelis don't need Palestinian workers nearly as much as the Palestinians need Israeli shekels. The reduction of cash flow from Israel coupled with massive and continuing donor fatigue will leave Palestine literally and figuratively broke.

Actually a random thought from early in the morning. Maybe California could supply Israel with some of our surplus illegal immigrants for cheap labor. Good workers and more likely to get bombed on cerveza than to try and blow somebody up.
Posted by: RWV   2004-07-15 1:52:14 AM  

#2  "THE PA...IS IN REAL DANGER OF COLLAPSE"

And that's a bad thing?
Posted by: Stephen   2004-07-15 1:21:31 AM  

#1  Roed-Larsen also criticized what he called Israel’s failure to remove unauthorized Israeli outposts in the West Bank. "Despite a well-intended prime minister, the paralysis of the Palestinian Authority has become abundantly clear and the deterioration of law and order in Palestinian areas is steadily worsening," Roed-Larsen said. "The PA is in deep distress and is in real danger of collapse."

How the f&%k is Israel's "failure to remove unauthorized Israeli outposts in the West Bank" at all connected to "the deterioration of law and order in Palestinian areas?" Any inablilty of the Palestinians to establish "law and order" (which seems to be a completely alien concept to them) relies not one whit upon Israeli outposts. The problem's core continues to be a morally bankrupt society being confronted with the requirement that they both police and support themselves in an appropriate fashion. Bazillions of other cultures have attained these bare minimums yet, somehow, the Palestinians just cannot seem to manage. Oops, my Frink-O-Matic™ sympathy meter just imploded.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-07-15 1:19:14 AM  

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