We were wondering why they even bothered showing up to Annapolis since they didn’t even bother putting their earpieces in…
Maybe it’s there somewhere in our dreary mainstream media, but it wasn’t until I read Allison Kaplan Sommer’s description of Israeli reaction to the Annapolis conference on Pajamas that I noticed what is by far the most telling detail from that event: The Saudi Foreign Minister didn’t even bother to put on his ear phones for Olmert’s speech. Well, how despicable is that! Not as despicable as the sick, misogynist Saudi culture itself – very little could be – but a plenty could indication of the values and character of the Saudi leadership. In other words, somewhere south of Attila.
… but now we realize that if everything goes right, they’ll encourage Israel to give land to Fatah literally at the same time that they’re pushing Fatah is to hand it over to Hamas’s hands:
Saudi Arabia and Egypt are pushing Hamas and Fatah to meet in an effort to resolve the deep rift in the Palestinian movements, as Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal visits Riyadh this week… A Fatah leader in the West Bank, Hatham Abed al-Kadr, said Sunday that Egypt has been in contact recently with Fatah and Hamas officials in attempt to bring the two sides for a meeting in Cairo after the culmination of the Eid al-Adha (Festival of the Sacrifice) in about two weeks. According to al-Kadr, the Egyptian mediation was aimed at opening negotiations between Hamas and Fatah.
Hey, remember how Annapolis was supposed to actually isolate Hamas? And how Abbas is getting millions in security assistance from the US and billions in aid from the Europeans and cutting-edge weaponry from the Russians – all to use against Hamas?
If Fatah isn’t going to use all of that against Hamas – hey, you don’t think they’d openly come out and say that they’re going to use it to fight with Hamas against Israel do you? (h/t on the ear pieces absurdity: Soccer Dad)
References:
* Saudis welcome Meshal in bid to broker new Hamas-Fatah talks [Ha'aretz]
* Annapolis: Saudis without Ear Phones [Roger L Simon]
* PA Police Officers Rolling In Millions Of New US Aid, Murdering Israeli Civilians [MR]
* PA Police Getting More Than $5 Billion In New Aid To Use Against Israeli Civilians, Lose To Hamas [MR]
* PA To Get 25 Shiny Helicopter Busting APCs Next Week [MR]
* Fatah: We’re Going To Use Our New US And Russian-Supplied Weapons To Fight With Hamas Against Israel (Plus: Hamas Upgrades, Stockpiles Their Qassams) [MR]
Previously:
* Smug Condescending Sophisticates Admit They’ve Been Lying Through Their Teeth About Israeli Security II – State Department Admits That Their Fatah Security Assistance Is An Abject Failure
* Dozens Of Fatah Police Officers Defect To AQ (Plus: Israeli "Goodwill Gesture" – 300 Palestinian Policemen To Deploy Around Nablus)
* Ha’aretz Headline: "Israel to go on high terror alert due to Annapolis peace summit"
