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PA Police "Crackdown" on Stolen Vehicles?


[Ynet News] Uri Elitzur - In a report last week, a senior Palestinian police officer boasted that following their new deployment, Palestinian police were able to confiscate a total of 180 stolen Israeli vehicles. An Israeli reading this report would think: Look at that, Mahmoud Abbas is starting to put his house in order. But wait a moment. What do they mean by "confiscated?" What would a Swiss police officer do if his people seized vehicles stolen in Italy? We can assume he would call his counterparts in the Italian police force and hand over the vehicles to them. However, Palestinian police "confiscated" the vehicles. In other words, the Palestinian police force is short on vehicles, so it confiscates stolen vehicles to meet its own needs.
2007-12-11 01:00:00
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