Contributed by Lucia
"A new training school has opened in Jericho, in the West Bank, in which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will build up a security force with US funds, apparently in order to counter his rival Hamas.
The 142 officers who are scheduled to graduate in eight months are the front line of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' campaign to assert control in the West Bank and keep it from falling to Hamas.
Abbas is also attempting to reassure Israel and the U.S. that he's strong enough to keep the elected Hamas party down. That is what the Israeli and American leadership have told him he must do, in order to be allowed to beg them for concessions at a U.S. sponsored ‘summit’ in November.
The officers are studying Hebrew (Israel’s official language) and training in the use of arms, with Israeli officers providing some of the training.
The U.S. government has promised $86 million to support Abbas’ security forces. "
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