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It's the Same Old PA
(Jerusalem Report) Ehud Ya'ari - True, Abbas has changed the policies of the PA. But it's also true that it's still the same PA. Thus, post-Arafat diplomacy rests upon the old Arafat bureaucracy. The structure of the PA and its personnel are almost identical to what they were before. Even the aides inside the chairman's bureau in Ramallah have not changed. The beneficiaries of the long-standing patronage system have held on to their jobs and titles and powers. Not one move has been made toward unifying the multiple security services, and there is also no serious attempt to face up to the threat of renewed terror. All the existing agencies are doing is to plead with the known terrorists to restrain their impulses to attack Israelis. They do not attempt to take away their guns, let alone restrict their movements or detain them. Israel has a new partner, but in words and not in deeds.