(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - Israel requires a Palestinian leadership that will be efficient and honest, one that will be a partner to combating violence and oppose the use of force for creating reality on the ground. But there is the danger that the new Palestinian leadership, with all its good intentions, won't succeed in controlling the territories and the myriad organizations, even if they are formally accorded legitimacy by the Palestinian people and its institutions. The new Palestinian leadership will put off its fight against terror and violence while it is reorganizing and trying to put the reforms required of it into effect. In this manner, a vacuum is created, into which negative elements enter, such as Hamas and Jihad extremists, or Iran and Hizballah.
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