Internal security forces (Palestine has no military.) should be under the control of the Minister of the Interior where they would follow constitutional provisions and be under the oversight of the parliament. Abbas wants to keep the security forces under his personal command where they violate the Palestinian's constitutional rights on a regular basis.
Hamas in Gaza has 27,000 militants, it's a functional army with all that it takes.
You think the players in the reconciliation attempt are merely Abbas and some police force units?
Those Abbas forces attacked the Palestinian Authority in 2007 to overturn the election of Hamas. Hamas ran those forces out of Gaza but Fatah, who lost the elections, managed to take over the West Bank.
So last attempt at reconciliation ended in civil war.
But then my question becomes even more relevant:
Q. How do You think this attempt at reconciliation will go this time?
I don't know. The security force thing is a tough issue.
So how do You think the Hamas army and the PA force are going to consolidate their differences?
And again, I ask You who are the players in this consolidation attempt,
what about these guys, are they even taken in account??!
"The Palestinian local elections held May 13 showed that Palestinians voted for tribal and independent lists instead of political lists, giving serious cause of concern.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Independent and tribal lists made remarkable progress in the Palestinian local elections held May 13, as they defeated factional lists such as Fatah and the Palestinian left.
Hamas, the
Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
boycotted the elections on the grounds that they were held in the West Bank and not the
Gaza Strip. Hamas
refused to hold the elections in Gaza in protest against the Palestinian High Court of Justice’s
calling off in September 2016 of the local elections that were scheduled for the next month, as well as in protest of President Mahmoud Abbas’ formation of the
Local Elections Court on Jan. 10 without consulting the Palestinian factions."
The resurgence of Palestinian tribalism
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The resurgence of Palestinian tribalism