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July 21, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/opinion/opinion3.htm

Gaza Mirrors Palestinian and Wider Arab Failures

(Jordan Times) Rami G. Khouri - The rapid deterioration of the domestic political order in Gaza mirrors similar dilemmas that plague most of the Arab world, revolving around the tendency of small power elites or single men to monopolize political and economic power in their hands via their direct, personal control of domestic security and police systems. Gaza is yet another warning about the failure of the modern Arab security state and the need for a better brand of statehood based on law-based citizen rights rather than gun-based regime protection and perpetual incumbency.

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