The Palestinian chief of police has questioned whether his officers are prepared to confront Hamas and Islamic Jihad.  Commander Siab al-Ajez said some of his men either sympathize with the Islamic terror groups or were too afraid to prevent them from making attacks.  “The will to execute orders is not what it should be in our officers,” he said.  “There are officers who are not convinced of what they are doing.  They could be present in certain areas and just close their eyes.”  Ajez is not the only Palestinian official to see the deployment as largely symbolic.

 

(Guardian – UK, 1/21)