Sunday, November 23, 2008

So, the PA Police Gambit Didn't Work?

For those following my posts on this aspect of Israel's security by which we allow US military "experts" train the PA police and then claim everything is okay (see these previous posts 1, 2, 3, 4), then you weren't surpised whne reading this:-


Candidate for U.S. security adviser wants NATO force in West Bank

General James Jones, whom U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is widely expected to tap as his national security adviser, supports the deployment of an international force in the West Bank instead of the Israel Defense Forces. He also opposes Israel's demand to retain extensive security control over the territories even after a Palestinian state is established.

Jones served as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian security issues over the past year. He was tasked in particular with formulating security arrangements between Israel and the future Palestinian state.

Jones is expected to play a key role in the Obama administration. According to U.S. press reports, he will be as strong as Henry Kissinger, the all-powerful national security adviser to President Richard Nixon...

...In response to Israel's claim that the Palestinians cannot be trusted with responsibility for security, Jones, a former NATO commander, proposed a NATO-based international force that would later transfer control to the Palestinians.

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