(Newsday) James Klurfeld - PA chairman Abbas has either been unwilling or unable to control the Palestinian radicals. But if he can't do anything about the violence, then the Israeli government will act to protect its people. During the past five months of seeming quiet, Israeli officials have often said they feared that the radicals had agreed to a cease-fire not because they have had a change of heart, but because they needed a prolonged period to regroup and reorganize to create more terror. No organization that wants to call itself a government can allow so many groups to have their own arms. Sooner or later, Abbas, for all his good intentions, must either control the security forces or not be taken seriously as a leader. Sharon is building a barrier. Abbas is not in control. Two stories. One story.
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