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Source: http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/26/a_disarmed_palestinian_state/
A Disarmed Palestinian State?
[TPM Cafe] Amitai Etzioni - A strong case for a two-state solution has been made, but it better be based on the Palestinians developing their own effective peacekeeping troops and, arguably, on an Israeli presence on the Jordan River. Neither can rely on the U.S., beleaguered as it is, or on the conflicted and casualty-averse NATO to show a staying power for peacekeeping that neither has mustered in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Haiti. The Palestinians are surely entitled to govern themselves. However, if the West Bank is not to be turned into one giant terrorist base, part of the solution will have to be a credible way to ensure that the two states will live in "security and peace" with each other. The writer is a professor of international relations at George Washington University.