Can’t Buy Love
You can rent it, though. For a while. Ha’aretz:
$900 million pledged by the United States to the Palestinians will be withdrawn if the expected Palestinian Authority coalition government between Fatah and Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, Western and Israeli diplomats said Wednesday.
During her visit to the region last week Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas against forming a coalition with Hamas that will not meet the expectations of the Quartet.
… Fatah and Hamas are currently engaged in talks intended to reestablish ties between the Palestinian factions that were severed two years ago when Hamas forcibly took over the Gaza Strip, routing Fatah-backed PA security forces.
Clinton discussed the issue of forming a Palestinian coalition with Fatah representatives, who told her that the new government would consist of non-affiliated officials whose chief task will be to prepare the Palestinian territories for new general elections.
Elections are great. Remember the last one? Article leaves out key details like the rooftop-tossing tone of that Fatah routing; Iran; and ongoing rocketry. Speaking of which, apparently Hamas really wants that money. BBC: Hamas Threatens Rocket Militants. Article notes Hamas’ enthusiasm for rockerty.
Topics: Israel, Palestinians, terrorists
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:36 pm on Thursday, March 12, 2009
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March 12th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Mr Habib said Islamic Jihad had “the right to resist” and would continue to fire rockets in response to what it saw as any aggression from Israel.
Like Israel’s unreasonable determination to continue existing.