US State Department Shines Again
What is it about being a member of the State Department that absolutely disables a person from fairly evaluating the Israeli-Arab situation? Secretary Rice was all smiles about the fantastic job that Abbas is doing fighting terror:
After meeting with Palestinian Authority leaders in Ramallah on Saturday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to clamp down on terrorism.
Seriously, he's doing a fantastic job:
Gunmen of the Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades of Fatah killed Dov, 58, and Rachel Kol, 53, while they were driving on a road that links the Kissufim crossing to the settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip. Dov and Rachel Kol were laid to rest in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon.
That's Fatah - that's a member of his own party. Those are his people doing the murdering. So you can understand why Israel would be loath to, for instance, transfer arms to Fatah the way that Secretary Rice wants them to:
In her talks with Israeli officials over the weekend, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Israel to approve an ammunitions transfer to PA security forces, and the entry of Egyptians for training in Gaza.
Rice said that she is very worried that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will be weakened and collapse, and that Hamas will take over the Gaza Strip after the Israeli disengagement. Therefore, Rice said, a way must be found to strengthen Abbas by shoring up Palestinian forces.
We're getting that Oslo feeling in the pit of our stomach: in the evening the Palestinian Authority sends its own people to go around murdering Israelis and then the next morning they tell the world that they need arms and money to avoid being weak. How about instead of giving Abbas weapons that terrorists will use to kill Israelis, Israel keeps their weapons and uses them to kill terrorists?
After meeting with Palestinian Authority leaders in Ramallah on Saturday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to clamp down on terrorism.
Seriously, he's doing a fantastic job:
Gunmen of the Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades of Fatah killed Dov, 58, and Rachel Kol, 53, while they were driving on a road that links the Kissufim crossing to the settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip. Dov and Rachel Kol were laid to rest in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon.
That's Fatah - that's a member of his own party. Those are his people doing the murdering. So you can understand why Israel would be loath to, for instance, transfer arms to Fatah the way that Secretary Rice wants them to:
In her talks with Israeli officials over the weekend, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Israel to approve an ammunitions transfer to PA security forces, and the entry of Egyptians for training in Gaza.
Rice said that she is very worried that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will be weakened and collapse, and that Hamas will take over the Gaza Strip after the Israeli disengagement. Therefore, Rice said, a way must be found to strengthen Abbas by shoring up Palestinian forces.
We're getting that Oslo feeling in the pit of our stomach: in the evening the Palestinian Authority sends its own people to go around murdering Israelis and then the next morning they tell the world that they need arms and money to avoid being weak. How about instead of giving Abbas weapons that terrorists will use to kill Israelis, Israel keeps their weapons and uses them to kill terrorists?
