The plank in brief

No shared state survives while armed power stays fragmented: militias and factions, parallel chains of command, corruption and extortion, unaccountable detention, political capture, and fear. The principle is simple and hard: only public institutions may coerce. Getting there takes a sequence. First, one legal authority. Then map and register everything: personnel, weapons, databases, detention sites, contractors, and chains of command. Grave crimes are investigated person by person, so demobilization never means impunity. External defense, border and organized-crime enforcement, and ordinary policing are separated. Vetted members join rebuilt services through common training, not as intact factions. Those who don’t join get education, income support, trauma care, and priority in reconstruction work.

During the transition, domestic deployment, emergency powers, senior appointments, and surveillance powers need both Israeli and Palestinian civilian approval. Oversight is layered: courts, an independent prosecutor, parliamentary committees, an inspector-general, local review boards, whistleblower protection, and public reporting. And we guard against both ways security goes wrong. Against corporate fascism: no private military or intelligence contractors in public order, no cross-ownership among defense, surveillance, media, finance, and political consulting firms, transparent procurement, long revolving-door restrictions, core security research under public or cooperative control, no commercial ownership of biometric and security data, public campaign finance, and strict lobbying disclosure. Against armed mob rule: register civilian weapons and steadily reduce them, with buybacks and lawful sporting and occupational licenses; mixed rapid-response units against pogroms, terrorism, organized crime, and political intimidation; peaceful demonstrations protected while armed organizing gets a fast response; and local mediation that can call on national enforcement when mediation fails. Security serves the public, not parties, corporations, or militias.

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Changes

• November 2026: first published here.