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7 Sep 2010
In the past few years, the Palestinian Authority largely has restored order and a sense of personal safety in the West Bank, something unthinkable during the second intifada. Militias no longer roam streets, uniformed security forces are back, Palestinians mostly seem pleased; even Israel – with reason to be sceptical and despite recent attacks on West Bank settlers – is encouraged. Initial steps, long overdue, have been taken to reorganise an unwieldy security sector, where overlapping, unaccountable branches had become fiefdoms of powerful chiefs.
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Author | International Crisis Group |
Series | Crisis Group Middle East Reports |
Issue | 98 |
Publisher | International Crisis Group (ICG) |
Copyright | © 2010 International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) |