The United Nations (news - web sites) said that the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) was in danger of collapse, blasting Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in a hard-hitting statement that drew Palestinian anger and Israeli praise.
The UN's Middle East envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen, told the Security Council there was a "steadily emerging chaos" in Palestinian areas and that Arafat had shown a "lack of political will" to reform his Authority government.
"The paralysis of the Palestinian Authority has become abundantly clear, and the deterioration of law and order in Palestinian areas is steadily worsening," Roed-Larsen said in the monthly council briefing on the situation.
"This collapse of authority cannot be attributed only to the Israeli incursions and operations inside Palestinian towns. The Palestinian Authority is in deep distress and is in real danger of collapse," he said.
He said Arafat had given "only nominal and partial support" to Egyptian efforts to reform Palestinian security services, called for under the internationally backed "road map" for Middle East peace.
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Will wonders never cease??
Fortunately the UN can feel confident the Palestinian Murder
kids-camp is doing juuuuust fine.