Palestinian officials told the Jerusalem Post that the PA has lost control of the Gaza Strip.
“The situation in the Palestinian territories is very dangerous because we are no longer in control,” a senior PA official here admitted.
The Post also quotes Palestinian editor Hafez Barghouti:
Barghouti, like many other Palestinians, compared the situation in the Palestinian territories to war-torn Somalia. “The recurring attacks on Palestinian Authority institutions and the kidnappings of foreigners makes it look as if we are competing with the warlords and militias in Somalia over who would win the “Nobel Prize for Anarchy,'” he said.
Meanwhile, in a sobering column, NY Jewish Week editor Gary Rosenblatt bluntly predicts the start of a third intifada this year.
