1,
August 2005 Israel
undermining the PA
It
has patently evident to the most doubting Thomas that Ariel Sharon is hoping
that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and President Mahmoud Abbas will implode
following the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Sharon has made every
effort to undermine Abbas’s PA and prevent it becoming a potent force to
maintain law and order and thus serve as a reason to continue to maintain check
points, and persecution of the Palestinians. Consider the facts. The PA was destroyed
by the Israeli military three years ago and ceased to function as a stabilizing
force to maintain law and order. Currently it is ill-equipped and under-armed
and is in desperate need to have its security equipment upgraded. The US
government has finally acknowledged this dire need and appointed Lt. General
William Ward to coordinate the overhaul of PA’s arms and equipment.
Predictably, the Israeli government has prevented the importation of new armed
vehicles and a fresh supply of arms. This is yet another shameful example of
the ‘the tail wagging the dog’ to ensure the PA fails in its mission thereby
allowing Israel to continue its oppression of the Palestinian people and theft
of its land and resources.
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