(Ha'aretz) Bassam Eid - How do you change chaos into order? It is obvious to the whole world that both the Palestinian people and the Palestinian government have been unable to control security in the Palestinian territories. We all know that there are several gunmen who threaten and spread fear among the Palestinians. What Palestinian interior minister would be daring enough to punish them? Would the minister be killed if he imposed a penalty upon them? In Tulkarm, the Al-Aqsa Brigades direct and manage the city's civil and security life. They threaten, beat, and kill. Nablus is ruled by two armed illiterate thugs, feared by the population. The explosion that targeted the American convoy in Gaza on October 15 was a red light to the Palestinian people to reconstruct the security system. I recommend that the Palestinian government call upon Jordan, Egypt, and perhaps Turkey to assist by sending their security forces to restore order in the Palestinian territories. The writer is director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group.
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