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Shootout in the PA Corral
By Micah Halpern

Tuesday October 4, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

I call it Shootouts at the OK Corral, Palestinian style.
Palestinian Authority and Hamas forces have been going at it as the PA tries, rather unsuccessfully, to enforce their new Weapons Law.
Real enforcement of the law will require even more confrontations, but this is certainly a shot in the right direction.

The shootouts are a result of Hamas refusal to discontinue their habit of parading through the streets with weapons drawn, shooting in the air. The new Weapons Law also declares it illegal for anyone but Palestinian Authority police to carry weapons. Hamas agreed to this condition, and now boldly flaunts the law.

These public parades have resulted in several tragic mishaps and many deaths. In the shootout resulting from one recent Hamas parade two police were killed, ten police were wounded and twenty Hamas members were wounded.

The only way for the Palestinian Authority to stabilize the situation is to stop each parade and prevent every march, to head the situation off at the pass.
It will be a hard task, but it is the only way.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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