PA PM: NOT READY TO ASSUME WEST BANK SECURITY

DESPITE OLMERT'S FERVENT HOPE, THE PALIS ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO READY FOR THEIR OWN STATE.

PA Prime Minister: Not Ready to Assume Control of Security in West Bank Cities - Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravid
The PA is unable to assume security control of cities in the West Bank, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad told senior Israeli officials during recent meetings. Initially, Fayad had made the transfer of some West Bank cities to PA security control one of his prime requests of Israel. However, Palestinian security commanders admitted before the PA leadership that their forces are not currently capable of preventing terrorist attacks against Israel. (Ha'aretz)