Palestinian Authority Dismally Failing to Stop Terrorism

international | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday August 12, 2003 13:46 by James B

The Jerusalem Post reports today that following today's suicide attacks in Israel the PA is failing to prevent terrorist violence against Israeli civilians.

The Palestinian Authority has a specific obligation under the Road Map to prevent terrorism. It is failing to do so, either through inaction or because it is directly implicated itself in terrorist violence. Despite its being given intelligence information by Israel warning of terrorist attacks in advance, it has not acted on them, reports the JPost.

This is a serious breach of its obligations under the Road Map Agreement. Moreover, Israeli government spokesmen are saying that Israeli undertakes goodwill gestures and is rewarded with terror in return.

This development comes in the wake of the death of 16 year old boy by Hezbollah shelling into a town in Northern Israeli. Although claimed as stray anti-aircraft fire, no Israeli aircraft were overhead at the time. This is a serious escalation, says the Israeli government.