THE HAMAS ERA: PA increasingly irrelevant

Syria and Hamas to Hold Alternative Conference -Khaled Abu Toameh

A "Palestinian National Conference for Resisting Schemes Aimed at Liquidating the Palestinian Cause," due to take place next month at the invitation of Hamas and its political allies, has been called in response to the U.S.-sponsored peace conference due to be held in Annapolis.

PA officials expressed concern that the conference may attempt to create a new PLO.
(Jerusalem Post)


U.S. Doubts Ability of PA to Police West Bank -Avi Issacharoff & Amos Harel

Gen. Keith Dayton, the U.S. security coordinator in the PA, said recently that he does not believe Palestinian security forces in the West Bank are capable of enforcing security needs in cities there.
(Ha'aretz)