The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has voted to end all security cooperation with Israel, saying that they expect Israel to assume all responsibilities for the occupied territories, as required by international law.
Though President Mahmoud Abbas has not publicly commented on the matter, he is reported to support the PLO’s decision, which would suggest he’s going to follow through on the security split.
Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians has been rising for years, of course, but has recently come to a head over Israel’s decision to seize Palestinian tax revenue and the state-owned Israeli power company’s decision to shut down power to Palestinians in the West Bank for non-payment that happened because the tax revenue was already seized.
Increasing desperation about the lack of progress on statehood has led many Palestinian leaders to suggest that dissolving the Palestinian Authority outright might pressure Israel to resolve the situation.
Under international law, an occupying power is required to provide basic services for the civilian population under occupation. The PA was intended to be a stop-gap solution for handling those services in anticipation of Palestinian statehood, but with that process stalled, many see the PA as essentially making the protracted Israeli occupation more convenient for the occupiers.
And cheaper. The biggest point in favor of dissolving the PA has been that it would be expensive for Israel to replace the entire PA infrastructure for basic services to the occupied Palestinians, and that cost would be another strong incentive for Israel to make a final peace deal that grants them self-determination.
PLO ending their slavery? — Pure smokescreen
The refugee camps in Palestine are raided on a daily bases, with both Israel and the PLO each doing half of the raiding and as any member of Hamas will verify, each doing half of the killing. Surely, the only thing that would stop such enslavement by the PLO is a mass uprising by Palestine.
The assumption by the PLO that this will force the Israelis to meet their "obligations" is childish. The Israelis always have an excuse for their not meeting their obligations – it's usually the Palestinians fault, you know. Nothing will change.
Only a pusillanimous people would cooperate in a "security arrangement" with their oppressor.
If I were a betting man I'd wager that's the only sentence in which you've ever used 'pusillanimous'. New Word Day at school?
I love Israel.
No you don't- you love the *idea* of Israel. Too bad the reality is far, far worse than the dream, huh?
Goody for you, little fella. Hope you are well-paid for your pimp job. You do have your work cut out for you, selling Jstate terror and whining victimhood to a world largely sick of that charade.
But hey if you do it for free, you only help them even more. Don't let a conscience get in the way, Heaven knows J-state never does.
The PLO should never have cooperated with Israel in the 1st place. Israel uses US tax $ to make illegal settlements, displace Arabs & kill Arabs including children.