Ms Jenn Byrne:

I have a counter question. If the Deputy thinks it has not happened, does he think it will happen with a continued occupation and that we can resource a government that does not have the ability to govern? Outside Area "A", the Palestinian Authority lacks any authority and then has only limited authority. During Operation Brother's Keeper, the Israeli military entered Area "A" and performed military activities and arrested people in Palestinian cities that were supposed to be under Palestinian Authority control. No matter how much we try to build capacity to make a government that can govern accurately, widely and effectively, we need to make sure it is happening in a place where it could utilise its capacity to govern. At the moment, the occupation inhibits that. No matter how much one builds up the Palestinian Authority, it cannot govern under occupation. That is as clearly as I can put it.