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The Palestinian Authority’s security forces have evolved from a civilian policing body into a military-capable organization with offensive capabilities.

Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Executive summary

The Palestinian Authority’s security forces have expanded substantially beyond the personnel, weapons, and operational limits established under the Oslo Accords.
The security forces have evolved from a civilian policing body into a military-capable organization with offensive capabilities, supported by foreign training, funding, and equipment.
The combination of military capabilities, close geographic proximity to Israel’s population centers, and past cases of security personnel participating in terrorism creates the potential for a future large-scale attack.
Current Israeli and international policies have enabled the continued growth and militarization of the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatus despite the original Oslo framework.
Recommended policy measures include reducing the security forces to their original agreed size, ending military assistance and advanced training, increasing oversight, and strengthening Israel’s defensive preparedness.

Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch served as Director of the Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria. Since retiring from the IDF, Hirsch worked as the Head of Legal Strategies for Palestinian Media Watch, as a Senior Military Consultant for NGO Monitor, an advisor to the Ministry of Defense, and head of an advisory committee in the Ministry of Interior. Hirsch was the architect of the Israeli law that strips citizenship from Israeli terrorists who have been convicted for terror offenses, sentenced to a custodial sentence, and receive a payment from the Palestinian Authority as a reward for their acts of terror.

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