Israel Matzav

Here we go again....

The government is turning a blind eye to the establishment of two 'Palestinian police' stations on the border of Jerusalem as a 'goodwill gesture' to 'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen. Abu Mazen is now in the 8th year of his 4-year term. This is from the first link.

One of the police stations was established recently in the village of a-Ram, which lies northeast of the Jerusalem neighborhood Neveh Ya’acov, just outside the capital’s municipal borders. The second station was established in what is known as the Biddu enclave – a group of eight Palestinian villages located near Ramallah and along Road 443.

The stations were established in territory marked as Area B, which according to the Oslo Accords is land under Israeli security control and Palestinian civilian control.

In recent years, the IDF has allowed the PA to establish police stations within villages in Area B, in line with government policy, to bolster Abbas’s government and grant it the necessary tools to enforce law and order in the Palestinian territories.

The Jerusalem Post has learned, however, that the two police stations in the Jerusalem-borderline villages were established without Israeli government approval. Nevertheless, the state is not demanding that the PA remove them, since it prefers not to insert its own police and military forces in the villages.

“There is something of a blind eye being turned to the establishment of the stations,” a senior official familiar with the issue told the Post. “Israel does not want to have to send its own forces inside, and the Palestinians are looking to extend their reach and authority. In the meantime, everyone benefits.”

Read the whole thing. In the past, the 'Palestinian police' have been active participants in terror attacks against Israelis and others. In the past, the Israeli government has fought mightily to keep the 'Palestinians' from establishing a foothold in Jerusalem, Israel's undivided capital.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Dayton forces, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Palestinian police, Palestinian terrorism

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:39 AM