I'd like to finish answering your previous posts before I respond to any new ones, beardedbruce, although perhaps you can explain to me how the PA can possibly take any action to "control the elements that are performing terrorist acts" when all of the infrastructure they would need in order to do this (police forces, security units, roads, etc.) have been destroyed by the government of Israel, Arrafat is being held virtual prisoner in his compound and can't leave, and any movement between towns and villages by Palestinian police and security forces (if there were any left) would be impossible because of the closures and road blocks separating towns and villages from each other by the IDF.

Now I'll get back to answering your previous posts.