Not From Arutz Sheva...
I know I get a lot of flack for getting my news from Arutz Sheva...this is straight from CNN....
It appears as if Gaza has degenerated into anarchy.
In just the past 10 days in the 146-square-mile territory:
~ Three Palestinian government offices were occupied by gunmen.
~ Armed militants detonated explosives in a United Nations club.
~ Three British nationals were kidnapped at gunpoint.
~ An Italian man was abducted.
~ Two rival families unloaded weapons at each other in a personal dispute.
~ A Palestinian police officer was killed in a shootout between police and militants.
~ The Palestinian-controlled border crossing was shut down by police angry at the death of their colleague, prompting European Union monitors to leave.
~ Palestinian police took over government offices in their continuing protest.
~ Israel launched air strikes on suspected militant targets.
~ Gaza was not supposed to turn out this way.
Last summer, Israel ended its 38-year military occupation of the area. For the first time in history, Gaza came under Palestinian rule.
No Ottoman Turks, no British mandate, no Egyptian control, no Israeli occupation. And in November, the Palestinian Authority took control over an international border crossing for the first time in history.
But since then, it's the absence of law and order in the territory that's been its most notable feature.
Some Palestinian politicians say the trouble is a result of "labor pains." Palestinians are just beginning to taste political freedom, and freedom can sometimes be messy, they say.
Others point to the Israeli occupation of 38 years, arguing it engendered a culture of violence in Gaza.
There is also the claim from some Palestinian officials that Israel decimated the Palestinian security forces during the past few years of fighting, rendering Gaza's police impotent.
Finally, many ordinary Palestinians point to the weakness of Fatah, the main Palestinian political movement which controls the Palestinian government. Fatah's leadership is widely seen as ineffective and, in some cases, corrupt.
It appears as if Gaza has degenerated into anarchy.
In just the past 10 days in the 146-square-mile territory:
~ Three Palestinian government offices were occupied by gunmen.
~ Armed militants detonated explosives in a United Nations club.
~ Three British nationals were kidnapped at gunpoint.
~ An Italian man was abducted.
~ Two rival families unloaded weapons at each other in a personal dispute.
~ A Palestinian police officer was killed in a shootout between police and militants.
~ The Palestinian-controlled border crossing was shut down by police angry at the death of their colleague, prompting European Union monitors to leave.
~ Palestinian police took over government offices in their continuing protest.
~ Israel launched air strikes on suspected militant targets.
~ Gaza was not supposed to turn out this way.
Last summer, Israel ended its 38-year military occupation of the area. For the first time in history, Gaza came under Palestinian rule.
No Ottoman Turks, no British mandate, no Egyptian control, no Israeli occupation. And in November, the Palestinian Authority took control over an international border crossing for the first time in history.
But since then, it's the absence of law and order in the territory that's been its most notable feature.
Some Palestinian politicians say the trouble is a result of "labor pains." Palestinians are just beginning to taste political freedom, and freedom can sometimes be messy, they say.
Others point to the Israeli occupation of 38 years, arguing it engendered a culture of violence in Gaza.
There is also the claim from some Palestinian officials that Israel decimated the Palestinian security forces during the past few years of fighting, rendering Gaza's police impotent.
Finally, many ordinary Palestinians point to the weakness of Fatah, the main Palestinian political movement which controls the Palestinian government. Fatah's leadership is widely seen as ineffective and, in some cases, corrupt.
posted by 2R at 9:22 PM
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