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| The European Union, agreed to release financial aid to a Hama's Palastine |
| 2006-01-30 |
| Debka report: Dripping in satire... Europe on Slippery Slope to Recognizing Hamas-ruled Palestinian Government A DEBKAfile Special Analysis January 30, 2006, 9:06 PM (GMT+02:00) After a series of muddled statements and zigzags, wishful thinking prevailed in London and Brussels after all. The European Union, led by the Middle East Quartet, agreed to release financial aid to a Palestinian government taken over by a terrorist organization. âWe give them three months to assess the situation. We donât want chaos and we want to go on with the peace process,â said EU foreign executive, Javier Solana at the end of the foreign ministersâ meeting in Brussels Monday, 30 Jan. Hamas, which is responsible for at least 60 bombing attacks on Israelis and countless deaths, did not have to fight too hard or too long for a reversal of the short-lived boycott on funding, sparked by its election victory over Fatah with 74 seats in the 132 Palestinian Legislative Council. The Islamist terrorists were not required to give up a single principle for the sake of Western aid. After the Quartetâs decision, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice left Europe for Kabul. At first, she tried urging the EU to stand by its pledge to withhold aid from the Palestinians until Hamas renounces terrorism. A few hours later, like her European colleages, she was saying two opposite things at once: The administration, she said, would follow through on aid promised to the current, US-backed Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas. But then, Rice went on to rule out any US financial assistance to an organization that advocates the destruction of Israel, advocates violence and refuses its obligations under an international framework for eventual Mideast peace. The inference here is that Abbas, supported from Washington and Jerusalem, was responsible for Hamasâs participation in the Jan 25 election. So it was up to him to arrange things so as to enable West to send financial aid to the Palestinian people without violating its own laws and principles against terrorist organizations. ... |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 Where's the surprise meter? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-01-30 18:44 |
| #2 Belmont Club has a good post on this today. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-01-30 18:38 |
| #1 Declare the PA a terrorist organization, as it now is, and freeze their assets. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-01-30 18:12 |