Buried in a report in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post is this little gem:
PA cabinet secretary Samir Hilaileh said the PA was pursuing its efforts to resolve the problem of hundreds of gunmen who are wanted by Israel in the West Bank. He said that after the gunmen would be incorporated into the PA security forces, they would be trained as policemen.
One man’s gunman is another man’s policeman, or something like that.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has rescinded its decision yesterday to “crack down” on Islamic Jihad and decided to crack down instead on . . . idiots.
Palestinian officials in Ramallah made it clear that "only those directly linked to the [Netanya] attack would be punished" less than 24 hours after a senior Palestinian Authority security official announced that the PA was planning to crack down on Islamic Jihad for its role in Tuesday’s suicide bombing in Netanya.
PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who described those responsible for the Netanya attack as "idiots," is expected to hold talks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on ways of preserving the unofficial truce with Israel.
You can understand Abbas’ frustration. How smart do you have to be to keep quiet for a month or two, while Israel hands over land to Hamastan, rids it of all Jews, and helps out with the demolition?
And, if you’re Israel, how smart do you have to be not to do that?