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Originally Posted by shek
The Israelis have withdrawn from Gaza and given the PA a chance at proving they can self-govern. Instead, the Palestinians have demonstrated self-imploding behavior, with this fact being one manifestation of it.
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Possibly, but I think you may be construing too much from this data. The statistics are for all of 2005, not just for after the Israeli withdrawal. Your argument would have more credence if you showed that the crime rate increased after the Israeli withdrawal. An isolated statistic like that does not prove anything in the way of "Palestine will never be reconized as a state". I'd say that the chance of moving "backwards" towards less autonomy for the Palestinians is less likely than them getting more autonomy. After all, states like Sudan have been actively complicit in the genocide of their own citizens, and the international community hasn't called for "regime change," or sought to alter the status quo in that regard.