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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was reading the following article: [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hamas-says-missing-israeli-soldier-in-gaza-hadar-goldin-is-likely-dead/2014/08/02/92562694-56cd-48c0-921b-b851fb2eca09_story.html?hpid=z1[/url].

In it, they highlight how the cease fire broke down.  What I find troubling is that Hamas lost communications with the cell that kidnapped the IDF soldier.  And using the term Cell rather than military battalion/unit.  Is it just a name?  Ir does it represent the organizational structure of Hamas militants:  are the cells more or less independent cells?  If that is the case, how can Hamas claim to be able to negotiate, when it would take only one cell to go rogue, with minimal consequences (I assume)?

Or am I over interpreting the situation?[/quote]

Losing contact with troops in battle is a very common situation, especially when you don't have the most modern communications equipment, and when entire groups of your soldiers are being killed at one time.

As for what you are saying about security, the answer is that Palestine has provided security before, during the Oslo years.  The Palestinian National Security Forces worked with the aid of the CIA and Shin Bet to provide security.  During the early Oslo years they did a good enough job that a member of the Knesset claimed that the Palestinians were doing their work for them.  This all worked for a while, but Oslo fell apart when the Second Intifada started, and you can read about that to decide for yourself who is at fault.  For my part, the continued expansion of settlements over the Oslo years, coupled with Ariel Sharon's political campaign stunt of going to the Temple Mount were the primary cause.  
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