“Since its creation by the so-called Oslo Accords of 1993, the PA has garnered more international aid than any entity in modern history—more, per capita, than the European states under the Marshall Plan. The lion’s share of this fortune has been siphoned into the private accounts of Fatah leaders or used to pay off the commanders of some 16 semi-autonomous militias. The PA also maintains an estimated 60,000 uniformed gunmen on its payroll, giving the West Bank the world’s highest percentage of policemen-to-population.”
http://www.aish.com/SSI/articleToPrint.asp?PageURL=/jewishissues/middleeast/Fatah_Isnt_the_Answer.xml&torahportion=&teaser=Bolstering+Fatah+is+tantamount+to+investing+in+the+Titanic

Charles Krauthammer: Last Chance for Abbas
“But let’s remember who Abbas is. He appears well intentioned, but he is afflicted with near-disastrous weaknesses. He controls little. His troops in Gaza simply collapsed against the greatly outnumbered forces of Hamas. His authority in the West Bank is far from universal. He does not even control the various factions within Fatah.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/21/AR2007062101863.html