But if you give them a 'state' they will know how to run it

Imagine that there was a gang war going in a large American city, and that instead of hitting each other, each side was trying to one-up the other with menacing attacks on the general population. The mayor sends in the police and the gangs both turn on threaten to turn on the police. Would your mayor back down?That's essentially what's happened in the 'Palestinian Authority' this morning. Except