Time to do away with the PA

[Classical_Liberal]

Time to do away with the PA

By Gideon Levy



This farce should have been ended long ago. If the
leaders of the Palestinian Authority had been
blessed with a greater measure of self-respect,
readiness for personal sacrifice and political
audacity, they would have long since declared the
PA liquidated and left all the responsibility
solely in Israel's hands.



If they were more concerned
about the subjects they are
supposed to be in charge of -
the well-being of their
nation - they would have
resigned and thereby torn the
mask from the false
impression of the supposed
government and the "state in
the making." They would have

ceased to be the fig leaf that serves and
perpetuates the Israeli occupation. Instead,
they cling to the few honors and benefits that
Israel continues to confer on a few of them,
and they go on lending a hand to the great
deception that a sovereign Palestinian
Authority and a government with powers exist.

Under a cover of empty titles, they continue to
take part in the fraud while many in Israel and
elsewhere find it convenient to go on believing
that the Israeli occupation of the territories
has not reverted to being total, and that there
is a Palestinia government. "Ministers,"
"director-generals," "deputy ministers" and
"governors," whose titles are empty and lack
any authority, and who cannot rule or make
decisions about anything except for the
official cars and the VIP cards that enable
them to go through checkpoints, continue to
make a mockery of their nation and the
international community.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/358477.html

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1. Dupe

CL

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=29560;-)