[stevejackson]

However, security officials in Gaza City said the campaign is not directed more against "criminal elements" and not Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

It needs to happen, but look at the backpeddling. Palestinians have been putting off the inevitable for 100 years. And some Europeans are propping up Arafat by meeting/talking with him.

[American in Israel]

However, security officials in Gaza City said the campaign is not directed more against "criminal elements" and not Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

They are disarming the citizens, not the terrorists.