Now before you accuse me of racism, I want you to note that I called for Pres. Bush's impeachment in March 2008 for the very same criminal behavior:
... to me it's blood money, pure and simple.
There is no question: I'd sooner let Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid divvy up the money for earmarks in America any day, than bear responsibility for further enabling the Palestinians to kill and maim our families and our children. With impunity. With American money, our money. I cannot imagine anything more horrific.
US gives $200 million to Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Friday the United States has given 200 million dollars to help the operations of the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority (PA).
Moving to honor a pledge she made at a donors conference in Egypt in March, Clinton said the aid was part of international efforts to pave the way for the creation of a Palestinian state.
"I am pleased to announce that the US has transferred 200 million dollars in direct support to the PA," Clinton said at a press conference.
She described the aid as a "critical portion" of a
she announced at the donors meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
$900 million assistance package
Clinton said the aid reflected US support for reform efforts undertaken during the past two years by the government of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and his finance minister, Salam Fayyad, who also addressed Friday's press conference via video-link from the West Bank city of Ramallah.
"It is our hope that the support of the US and other nations will help foster conditions in which a Palestinian state can be fully realized, a state that is a responsible partner, is at peace with Israel and its Arab neighbors, (and) accountable to its people," she said.
Fayyad said the US package was the largest single international aid donation ever given directly to the Palestinian Authority.
NB: Back in March 2008, Fayyad said of the Bush administration's $150 million downpayment on $550 million that it was
"the largest sum of assistance of any kind to be transferred to the Palestinian Authority by any donor in one trench since the Palestinian Authority's inception."
That would be "tranche" -- French for slice, section, series or potion. "In the financial sense of the word, each bond is a different slice of the deal's risk."
So, boys and girls, our American government is not only funding terrorists, it's leading the way in this endeavor, giving the largest-ever donations, the most recent being paid directly to the PA (as opposed to being sent through an aid organization).
"It is indeed a huge vote of confidence," [Fayyad] said....
"Moderate" Palestinians...
Demand Endless Warfare Against Israel
(Mere Rhetoric) - They want to be very, very clear about this whole "we'll never recognize Israel" thing. Personally I'm surprised. They seemed so hopey and changey to me:
As the Fatah movement prepares for its upcoming leadership convention, a senior group member says the event will be used to display Fatah's commitment to the armed struggle against Israel. Preparations for the convention, scheduled for August 4, are in full force at this time. During a series of preliminary meetings ahead of the event, senior Fatah official Rafik al-Natsheh said that the group will not be recognizing Israel.
"We will maintain the resistance option in all its forms and we will not recognize Israel," he said.
"Not only don't we demand that anyone recognize Israel, we don't recognize Israel ourselves. However, the Palestinian Authority government is required to do it, or else it will not be able to
collect American taxpayer fundsserve the Palestinian people."
Meanwhile, Attacks on Israeli Sovereignty continue.
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