07.02.2011                     03.Adar l, 5771

Westjordanland:

Palestinian security suppressing West Bank fervor over Egypt protests

The European-trained Palestinian Special Police Force has become a leading security apparatus in the West Bank.

We are still preoccupied with demonstrations and their dispersal in this part of the world. After the immediate shock and anger died down last Wednesday, however, one could not help but notice the European, mainly French, scent that wafted from Al-Manara Square in Ramallah where the Palestinian Authority once again suppressed a demonstration of support for the Egyptian people that evening. A few hours earlier, in the same streets, supporters of Fatah had held an undisturbed demonstration in support of the Egyptian government and President Hosni Mubarak….