His biggest fault is that he has not taken effective control of the security forces. It was part of his ideology of not confronting militants. Palestinians feel that there's a total breakdown of law and order, and that Abbas never asserted his control. |
This is a lot of very harsh sounding words that have very little bite. But there is a sense what the government of Israel plans to do once there is a cabinet. It's a flashing red light to the Palestinians and [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas regarding the formation of the government. |