Abstract
A critical determinant of the outcome of the transitional stage of Palestinian self-rule is whether Palestinians will successfully take charge of security in the West Bank and Gaza. A transfer of authority for internal security to the Palestinian leadership would facilitate progress toward fuller Palestinian autonomy and eventually sovereignty. If, by contrast, violence recurs and escalates within the Palestinian community, the experiment in self-rule may prove short-lived and may even be reversed. How do Palestinians view the security arrangements negotiated by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel? Will the Palestinian Authority (PA) achieve sufficient legitimacy to enforce internal security through its fledgling police force? In the longer term, will security be safeguarded in a future Palestinian state through the creation of an army, or is the state destined to be demilitarized?'
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