Is Israel Preparing to Dismantle the Palestinian Authority?
By Ellis Shuman Israel Insider July 12, 2001 (This article published in July of last year points to a Plan of the Israeli Military to invade Palestinian territories and destroy the Palestinian Authority: (“Israel’s invasion plan — reportedly dubbed Justified Vengeance — would be launched immediately following the next high-casualty suicide bombing, would last about a month and is expected to result in the death of hundreds of Israelis and thousands of Palestinians.” (According to the Washington Times (19 March 2002): (“A contingency plan, codenamed Operation Justified Vengeance, was drawn up last June to reoccupy all of the West Bank and possibly the Gaza Strip at a likely cost of “hundreds” of Israeli casualties. While that plan has never been fully implemented [sic], elements of it were employed during the past two weeks in an effort to show the Palestinians that Israel can still control these territories at will. Israeli military planners have been concerned about a major Palestin
