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Palestinian PM Whines About U.S. Diplomacy
2006-04-03
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Prime Minister They Call Me Ismail Haniyeh criticized the United States on Sunday for restricting diplomatic ties with the Hamas government, saying his people were being punished for electing the militant Islamic group.
That's the point, and you got it on the first try!
Seeking to end chaos in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Interior Minister Said Siyam pledged the new government would pacify the area but appealed for patience. ``Let them bear with us as long as it takes to kill all the Jooooos for a year,'' he said. Four people were killed and 36 wounded in unrest over the weekend.

The United States said Friday that American diplomats have been forbidden to make contact with officials in any Palestinian government agency controlled by Hamas, whose charter calls for Israel's destruction. The Islamic group's new Cabinet controls every ministry. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said diplomats would maintain contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and lawmakers from his Fatah movement, which favors peace talks.

Haniyeh accused the United States of violating its own principles of democracy by ostracizing his Hamas-led government. ``This government was elected in a free and honest election, and according to the democratic principles the American administration is calling for,'' Haniyeh told supporters who had come to his office to wish his new government well. ``We believe this is a punishment of the Palestinian people because of its democratic choice, and at the same time, it increases the people's suffering,'' he said.
Your people made a choice. Now we're making a choice. Your people chose to put a group of gun-toting terrs in charge. We've chosen not to deal with the thugs. Perhaps your people will choose better next time. Then again, they're Paleos.
The Palestinian Authority has received about $1 billion a year in foreign aid, much of which is now in jeopardy. The government is already having trouble making its payroll for March.
That's a shame. Darn. Shoot. Drat. Fudge.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  Sounds lovely to me, Frank. I would love to see you right on this one.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-04-03 22:16  

#7  I say a decade, DB along with the military crunching of a couple of their patron states: Syria, Iran, and .....next up to the plate...Saudi (after the princelings lose power to extremists)

how's that for a prediction?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-03 20:48  

#6  As desolate as:

1) the Sahara in mid-summer
2) the Antarctic plateau in mid-winter
3) a Paleostinian Mensa meeting
Posted by: DMFD   2006-04-03 20:16  

#5  Is it possible that maybe, just maybe the Palestinians could get a clue in a year or two, or am I being way overoptimistic?

(Not saying they are going to get all the clues, just maybe a nodding acquaintaince with cause and effect?)
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-03 14:39  

#4  And none survived, save me, to tell thee.
Posted by: mojo   2006-04-03 10:37  

#3  I always wondered what made them think that I owed them something.

They're the lions of Islam. As far as they're concerned, you should be glad they let you live.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-03 08:10  

#2  I always wondered what made them think that I owed them something.
Posted by: newc   2006-04-03 05:43  

#1  "We believe this is a punishment of the Palestinian people because of its democratic choice, and at the same time, it increases the people's suffering," he said.

Just another way of saying:
Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio.
(I am as dead as the nehru jacket.)
Posted by: Phosh Uneath3161   2006-04-03 02:21  

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