Why would Israel be responsible for arming a “Palestinian” police force?
If the “palestinians” are going to be tasked with managing their own government, that government must be able to address the issues of safety and security for its citizens.
Secondly, Israel arming a “Palestinian” police force won’t sit at all with Hamas which I suspect is going to be the spoiler in any attempt at “Palestinian” statehood. HAMAS is clearly bent on an all-out war against Israel, whether or not it's openly declared. That's the only course consistent with its Islamist foundation.
I’ll accept a side-step for a moment here but, clearly, the “Palestinians” in Gaza and the West Bank are most significant regionally as a flail with which the Middle Eastern Moslem satrapies flog Israel. Those states are not interested in a "solution" to the "Palestinian problem;" they seek the destruction of Israel, and will be satisfied with nothing less.
Given the Islamist attitude toward "the Zionist entity," one could expect nothing else from this cancer on the Middle East.
That won't alter the consequences of such lunacy, of course.
I think you are reaching for old attitudes...It is in Israel's interest to have a Palestinian government that can deliver on its promises...To not ensure a capable force that is in no danger to Israel is only asking Hamas for further terrorism.
Without a strong police force, there is no point to signing a peace deal.
Reaching for old attitudes? I would have to agree but it’s done with acknowledgement of an objective reality in connection with the various islamist groups in “Palestinian” controlled areas.
We’re all aware that "Palestinian" "President" Mahmoud Abbas has previously applied to the United Nations for full recognition as a sovereign state. But have you asked yourself what, in the unlikely event that the United States does not veto the suggestion in the Security Council, it would actually mean?
Hey, wait a minute... Didn't Mahmoud Abbas write a Holocaust denial book as his doctoral thesis?
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Hey! Well, I guess it doesn't matter anyway, because this is all just duplicitous chicanery. It's just window dressing on the dirty, cracked, and broken window that is Palestinian Arab society. Abbas just wants to maintain that patina of moderation that the MSM believe in.
Historically, sovereignty is a condition that's conceded by one's neighbors: principally by not invading and dismembering one's country; secondarily by conducting diplomatic relations. It's never been a status awarded by some supra-national certification agency. The notion strikes me as an exercise in foolishness disguised as a political ploy. Were Israel to ignore a UN grant of full membership to "Palestine," continue to forbid arms shipments into those zones, and blockade the Gaza ports, the practical aspects of things would remain as they are. So what's the point?
The point, of course, is to provide an enhanced pretext for cynical moral outrage at the Israelis.
Abbas's speech before the General Assembly was rife with overwrought statements about the "Zionist occupier" and how “Palestinians” should be allowed at last to "lead normal lives." (Yes, yes, they demand East Jerusalem back too, but that's old news). They really want to drive the Jews into the sea, and they say so in any number of pronouncements spoken and written, so the East Jerusalem claim is just noxious icing on an already foul cake. In point of fact, the only abnormalities "Palestinians" endure today, under the internal autonomy Israel has granted them within their zones, are fruits of "Palestinian" violence: specifically, violence directed at Israel, Israelis, and Jews generally. Nor is the world at large unaware of that.
Under the pretext of statehood, "Palestine" would have a cosmetic "right" to armed forces and control of its own borders and ports: a "right" which, if respected, would allow the importation of military hardware that could then be used to amplify the "Palestinians'" campaign to destroy Israel. Inasmuch as the Israelis are fully aware of this, should the UN "grant recognition of sovereignty" to "Palestine," Israeli control of ingress to the autonomous zones would continue. However, should other Arab/Muslim states then league with "Palestine" in the effort to "liberate" its borders and ports, we wouldn't have a publicity stunt; we'd have a war.
