check the article i linked..
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ordered Palestinian security forces to stop attacks by Palestinian militants on Israelis.
The move comes after a Palestinian attack Thursday on the Gaza-Israel border that killed six Israeli civilians. (Full story)
Abbas has ordered an investigation of the attack for which three Palestinian militant groups -- Hamas, the Popular Resistance and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -- claimed responsibility.
The use of Palestinian security forces to rein in Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets has long been a key sticking point in the Mideast peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri told The Associated Press that the group would not comply with the new orders. "We consider resistance as a red line, and no one is allowed to cross this line," al-Masri said, according to the AP.
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will the terrorist groups comply, or will we see a palestinian civil war? i don't believe that abbas will use PLO forces to the point where they would instigate a civil war - but on the other hand, he probably won't eradicate the terrorist ambitions either. and if that happens to be the case, sharon will waste no time in attacking the palestinians as he always does. tell you one thing, i'm damn happy that i'm not in abbas's shoes.
the best point made in that article was that israel's response to abbas's statement was to put its gaza operations on hold - to give abbas a chance to do something.