PLO, Arafat Abbas Agree To Crackdown On Hammas

[bemildred]

The Palestinian leadership, following a meeting chaired by President Yasser
Arafat late Wednesday, confirmed its backing to the government of Prime
Minister Mahmud Abbas and the measures it has announced to put an end
to armed phenomena and the violations of public order, and called upon all
Palestinians to commit to the sole leadership of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) and to the sovereignty of law.

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The meeting renewed condemnation of the bombing in Jerusalem on
Tuesday, ?for which Hamas officially announced its responsibility? and
adopted four decisions to establish the PLO?s sole decision-making
authority and to back PM Abass?s measures to enforce respect to law and
public order and to end violations thereof.


Lot's more.

Scoop.NZ

[papau]

1. What a bunch of spin - the pa (Arafat) only agreed to no PR or marches

From the AP:

"In the end, Abbas and Arafat agreed on a joint statement which said the Palestinian Authority would enforce the rule of law, take control of illegal weapons and end "military displays" by the militants, a reference to marches led by gunmen.Islamic Jihad and Hamas officials said they were ordered by Palestinian police not to speak to reporters, and many leaders of the two groups had their phones turned off Thursday.The Palestinian leadership statement did not refer to arrests, which would appear to be a cornerstone of any crackdown, but Palestinian officials said there would be detentions. "It's a campaign that even in the worst nightmares Hamas and Islamic Jihad never imagined," said Elias Zananiri, a spokesman for Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan. "There's a list of people to be arrested."

The last time detention was used by Arafat it was for 30 days - until the pressure was down a bit.

[bemildred]

5. It did seem, ummm, carefully worded.

But there were some interesting bits.

[vierundzwanzig]

2. Wow

This could be a turning point.

[StandWatie]

3. probably not..

They did something similar back in the 90's when everyone still believed Oslo was going somewhere and they went in and gave everyone a good beat down IDF style and the Israeli's were so impressed they fucked around and offered up an insulting bantunistan deal after about five years of building more settlements.

Nothing is going to change.

[rini]

6. Arafat

Talk is cheap. Action tells the story. The revolving prison door has to shut. Textbooks and newspapers and rap music and teaching hatred has to stop, all BTW, promised in the roadmaps, none accomplished.

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[yuvalmadar]

7. Another source

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=332414&contrassID=1>HA'ARETZ

Sources in the Israel Defense
Forces said it was too early to
assess the seriousness of the
steps taken but that the
picture would become clearer in
coming days.

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Hope it is to be trusted...