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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/has-the-pa-lost-control-over-hebron-680120
Palestinian Authority Failing to Enforce Law and Order in Hebron
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Many of the Palestinian clans in Hebron have thousands of members and are considered more powerful than the PA and its security forces. The clans administer their own legal system, enforcing law and order and issuing verdicts, including in murder cases. Senior Fatah official Emad Khurwat said disputes between rival clans have led to the murder of a number of people and are threatening to claim more lives. He warned that if the PA does not assume its responsibilities, the local families and Fatah members would be forced to take action. "Every person has a group of 50 gunmen to protect his family."