Palestinian Authority and P.L.O. Non-Compliance with signed agreements and commitments: A record of bad faith and misconduct (Part 1)

[IMRA note: The Barak Government's public affairs coordinator, Nahman Shai, released the following "white book" on 20 November 2000. The following is the complete text. Photographs and a graph in the publication have not been included. While the publication was distributed by the Government of Israel at an official meeting with the press, for some reason there is no identifying marking on the publication indicating the source of the publication, the author or that the Government of Israel is in any way associated with the publication]

November 2000

Executive Summary

The present wave of violence - led by the Fatah "Tanzim" - is essentially an attempt by Arafat to achieve, through violence, his maximal political goals: and avoid the choices necessary to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Key assumptions have thus been shattered

1. Why were formal commitments important in the post-1993 peace process?
2. Indications of Essential Bad Faith: Arafat creates a rationale for non-compliance
3. Specific aspects of non-compliance

• Direct Use of Violence:
  
• In the recent crisis;
  
• At all times (abductions of Israeli citizens, etc.).
  
• Terrorism - ambivalence and complicity
  
• Failure to Collect Illegal Weapons.
  
• Incitement and the Perpetuation of Hatred.
  
• Other Aspects of Palestinian non-compliance:
  
• The size of the Palestinian Police
  
• Security Organs Operating Outside Agreed Areas
  
• Breaches of the Agreed Practice at the Gaza (Dahaniyah) Airport
  
• No Action to Implement Policy on Visitors Permits
  
• Foreign Relations
  
• Economic and Infrastructure Breaches
  
• Criminal Activity under P.A. Auspices
  
• Failure to Protect Holy Places
  

• An Irreversible Choice for Peace;
  
• A Stake in the Welfare of the Governed;
  
• Give and Take at the Bilateral Table.
  

• Arafat's Strategy of Avoiding Choices;
  
• Diverting Attention from Domestic Failure;
  
• Conspiracy Theories and Miscalculations.