PALESTINIAN "SECURITY" FORCES UNFIT

THEY MAY BE UNFIT TO PREVENT TERROR, BUT THEY'VE CERTAINLY PROVED THEMSELVES TO BE QUITE ADEPT AT PERPETRATING TERROR.

Palestinian Security Forces Found Unfit - Steven Erlanger
The security forces of the Palestinian Authority are divided, weak, overstaffed, badly motivated, and underarmed, and more attention must be paid to building up institutions rather than personalities, says a "Palestinian Security Assessment" prepared by the Strategic Assessments Initiative, a Washington-based group headed by Amjad Atallah, a former member of the PA's Negotiation Department. Despite recent changes by PA Chairman Abbas, centralizing most forces under Interior Minister Nasser Youssef, that formal structure does not reflect the realities of power, the report indicates. The survey was financed by the Dutch and Canadian governments. (New York Times)

See also Shin Bet: Dahlan Blocks Abbas from Fighting Terror - Diana Bahor-Nir
Surprisingly, Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday that it is Mohammed Dahlan, seen as "the great white hope" by Israel in coordinating the disengagement and in fighting the Palestinian terror groups, who is preventing Abbas from taking real action against Hamas. (Ynet News-Hebrew)