The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF is considering allowing the Palestinians to establish a specially trained counter-terror squad qualified to carry out pinpoint operations against Hamas terrorist cells in the West Bank.
Posts Tagged ‘Demilitarization’
Palestinian Counter Terrorism and the Principle of Demilitarization
Posted in National Security, tagged Demilitarization, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How Viable is a Demilitarized Palestinian State?
Posted in National Security, tagged Demilitarization, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PM Netanyahu’s Bar Ilan speech accepted a Palestinian state on the condition that it would be ‘demilitarized.’ Yet while this has been an accepted principle under the Clinton Parameters, Taba negotiations and Geneva Initiative, several trends raise doubts as to its viability.
Is a Demilitarized Palestinian State still viable?
Posted in National Security, tagged Demilitarization, National Security, Palestinian state on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the idea of a demilitarized state remains popular internationally, International Law Professor Louis Rene Beres argues that it may not be viable.
Israel’s Hard Choice? Militarized Palestinian State or End of the Two State Solution?
Posted in National Security, tagged Clash of Logics, Demilitarization, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state on December 10, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Amitai Etzioni’s article on the problems surrounding the demilitarization of a future Palestinian State touches on Israel’s challenge of preserving its security interests in a Permanent Status Agreement.

