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...collapse of the Palestinian Authority could spell the end of Dayton's painstaking efforts to create a security force that can enforce law in the West Bank and stop militants from launching attacks on Israel and its settlers. Many Palestinians view the security force as collaborators carrying out Israel's bidding, and a crisis in morale could result if Abbas and the Palestinian Authority leadership signal that no Palestinian state is in the offing...
...asked to remain anonymous, says that if the Palestinian security force disintegrates, the Israeli army has prepared a series of responses, ranging from arrests, restoring some of the roadblocks and checkpoints (which Israel had removed reluctantly under U.S. pressure) and increasing the tempo of its operations inside the West Bank's towns and villages...
...have spent $260 million - the battalions were deployed in Jenin, Nablus and Hebron. They cleaned out the armed gangs, caught drug traffickers and mediated between feuding Palestinian clans. With less crime and traffic eased slightly by fewer Israeli roadblocks, economic growth has risen 7% this year in the West Bank...
...helps that, for now, at least, the Israelis and Abbas' forces share a common goal: getting rid of Hamas' cells in the West Bank. But that could change swiftly, as the Israelis are well aware. Abbas' talk of stepping down may just be a way of bluffing the Israelis and the White House to heed Palestinian demands. (Palestinian elections that Abbas had called for January are likely to be postponed after the Palestinian Authority leader was told by his electoral commission that Hamas would prevent voting in Gaza and the Israelis would likely do the same in East Jerusalem, meaning...
...impasse over peace negotiations is causing resentment in the West Bank to boil over. Some Palestinians are predicting an outbreak of protests early next year, and if so, Abbas' Fatah party may decide that the best way to regain its legitimacy with the Palestinian voters and win back support lost to Hamas will be to condone open resistance against the Israelis. If that happens, it's unlikely that Dayton's men will be able - or even willing - to stop an outbreak of anti-Israeli violence in the West Bank...