[Missing major questions] Analysis: Netanyahu's demilitarized state

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA:

The huge issues surrounding Netanyahu's demilitarized state are not how many
and what gizmos the PA "security forces" can have.

The big questions are:

#1. Who decides there is a violation? It sounds like Israel would agree
to a third party making this determination. And there isn't a third party
around - including the U.S. that won't ignore Palestinian violations when it
serves their interests. The Egyptians to this day insist that no weapons
are being smuggled form Egypt to Gaza...

#2. What happens when there is a violation? Israel is allowed to invade
at will and has a green light to do whatever it wants inside the sovereign
Palestinian state? Anyone claiming that this is possible is smoking
something - and it isn't tobacco.

#3. What happens to the sovereign status of the Palestinian state after it
violates this in terms of its legal status?

Oops. At Netanyahu warned again and again in the past the answer is -
nothing. It remains a sovereign state. And if it signs a defense compact
with Syria and Iran. Oops. Right......]

Analysis: Netanyahu's demilitarized state
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 17, 2009
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