Remarks courtesy Jihad Watch contributor Patrick Devenny:
You can tell the situation in Gaza is getting out of hand when legislators of the Palestinian Authority are panicking, recently calling for the resignation of high-ranking government officials, according to the Jerusalem Post:
Palestinian legislators on Thursday demanded the resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, holding it responsible for the ongoing state of anarchy and lawlessness in Palestinian Authority-controlled territories."The situation is very dangerous, especially in the Gaza Strip," said Rouhi Fattouh, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. "We are demanding that the Palestinian Authority put an end to security chaos and start collecting illegal weapons. The Palestinian leadership isn't doing enough to impose law and order."
Considering much of the leadership of the Palestinian Authority once (or is continuing to) facilitated terrorism and murder, the fact that the lower echelons of Palestinian society have followed their example is hardly surprising. So how does the PA plan on responding?
[The] Interior Ministry is planning to recruit at least 5,000 new policemen to various branches of the security forces. However, the plan has been frozen because of budget considerations and because of demands to recruit thousands of gunmen belonging to the ruling Fatah party.
So, evidently, the plan is to grant increased authority to the thousands of “resistance” fighters now roaming the street. Glad to see that the millions of dollars which American tax payers have poured into training the Palestinian security services have paid off so well.
Noting that the PA had yet to fulfill its pledge to consolidate the security forces, the report accused Qurei's cabinet of negligence with regards to enforcing law and order. It also stressed the importance of putting an end to the phenomenon of masked gunmen roaming the streets of Palestinian cities and refugee camps. Legislator Abdel Aziz Shahin held PA Interior Minister Nasser Youssef responsible for the continued anarchy. "There will be no stability until the security chaos ends," he said. "If the Palestinian resistance is sacred, who said that its methods are also sacred?" Legislator Hikmat Zeid said that there was no justification for the presence of masked militiamen in the streets of the Gaza Strip now that Israel has left the area. "The occupation has left the Gaza Strip, but the masked gunmen are continuing to patrol the streets with their weapons," he pointed out.
After years of promoting terrorism and glorifying mass murder, the Palestinian leadership is now reaping what they have sown.
Pull up a chair. Watch.
Uncompromising enforcement of Sharia law should solve their anarchy problem. It would also mean that crucifixion may make a big comeback in the Gaza strip. When they chop off hands and feet from opposite sides, do they do the right hand and left foot or the left hand and right foot? I know this is a harsh sentiment, but some people simply do deserve Islam. Let the chopping begin.
Um... ...so when did the PA have a handle on lawlessness in the "territories" it governs. Is this really anything more than positioning?
...frozen because of buget considerations??? Didn't Geo/Tony and the great eight just give them several billion dollars and the promise of more? The current PA budget system is probably a lot like Yassers. Two for me one for them, five for me and one for them, all for me and none for them. Except of course money kept out of the pockets for expenses. And those are??? Well they do have an office. Its small but is equipped with the latest technology available in Gaza. One telephone, one desk, one computer one volunteer muslima to answer the phone, a stained coffee pot, five pencil sharpeners and one loaded missile launcher in the basement. If they could get a little more money they could install a toilet and hire a janitor to keep things orderly.
They do have a heck of a time with those masked gunmen all over the place. With all those bucks, you would think the PA could do more to curb the competition. Maybe they could hire another janitor and start paying the phone volunteer.
The Potty Plan:If the PA installs more public restrooms, the masked gunmen will calm down. Numerous public restrooms in Gaza would create a population of people able to stand still. They no longer must wiggle, and shudder and feel the sharp urgency top hop back and forth from foot to foot. An empty Palestinian is a happy Palestinian.
So I'm not going for the bugetary failure excuses. Gaza is a small place, three billion bucks can buy a lot of public restrooms. If one public restroom took the terror out of even one terrorist, the expenditure was worth it...