(Jerusalem Post)Herb Keinon - The international community is making a mistake by focusing on the details of the Quartet's road map, not with the more fundamental issue of a lack of a "central address" on the other side, Dan Meridor, the Likud minister Sharon recently charged with preparing a peace plan for the new government, said Tuesday. "The main issue is that there is no address, no leader, no partner, no interlocutor on the other side," Meridor said. The problem, Meridor said, is that no one is in control anymore. Even if an agreement on the road map could be reached tomorrow, it would be meaningless because there is nobody on the other side to implement it. According to Meridor, PA security forces in Gaza, including those under the control of Muhammad Dahlan, are still "practically intact" and can fight Hamas. If people like Dahlan assert control in Gaza, Meridor said, "and we see one person, one command headquarters we can talk to and make agreements with, and those agreements are kept by all those who hold guns and explosives, then we can move on to Judea and Samaria."
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