The US gives 600 Million USD to the Palestinian Authority, now lead by a unity government that includes the Hamas.
This is an OP-ED written by Ken Blackwell served as U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Human Rights Commission for two Presidents. He is member of Council on Foreign Relations.
Hamas, the Palestinian terror group that runs Gaza, is mourning the death of Osama bin Laden. He is a “martyr” to these jihadists.
And Hamas has just concluded a pact with the so-called Palestinian Authority (PA), or Fatah, the group that the U.S. recognizes and to whom we give lavish foreign aid.
We are currently giving USD 600 million to the so-called Palestinian Authority. Fatah has held an increasingly precarious control over much of the West Bank of the Jordan River since 1988.
It was then that the U.S. brokered a deal in which the PLO morphed into the Palestinian Authority (PA), promised to give up terrorism, and promised to recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Many of us never thought the PLO would keep any of those promises — but we knew they would cash our checks and pocket as well huge sums from the European Union. All of this in the name of “peace.”
Among the things that the PLO has done on the West Bank is to terrorize Christian Arabs, to name public squares after suicide bombers, and to conduct an all-out Hate Israel propaganda campaign in their schools, universities, and controlled media.
Good faith?
Arafat instigated yet another intifada against Israel when he got 98% of his territorial demands met and not 100 per cent. Intifadas are uprisings characterized by stone-throwing Palestinian youths confronting Israeli troops. The visuals are great for their propaganda purposes.
Israeli soldiers in armored personnel carriers or tanks are shown confronting a hail of stones. But less often noted in the leftist media — BBC, CNN, Reuters, AFP — is that these young warriors of the intifada are deadly accurate.
Their stones have been a deadly form of action in that region since biblical times.
Now, the PLO has made a pact with Hamas, their supposed rivals who control the Gaza Strip. For a decade, Hamas and Fatah have been fighting each other. Hamas is openly committed to the eradication of Israel.
All maps of the Mideast produced by Hamas show Arab lands with no Jewish state — what they call the Zionist Entity — at all. But Fatah’s maps likewise show no Israel.
The somber news of the Fatah-Hamas deal came out of — Cairo. Apparently, the post-Mubarak government is being strongly influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Hamas is merely the Palestinian branch of the MB. So this is the “Arab Spring” we’ve heard so much about?
Look at the map of Israel. You can still find it on our maps. With Hamas firmly in control in Gaza, Israel’s main population centers are now within easy range of their missile fire.
Add to the threat of Hamas, Fatah in the West Bank, and you see Israelis caught in a lethal crossfire.
The Israeli government’s response to these menacing moves was sober and restrained: “The Palestinian Authority (Fatah) must choose either peace with Israel or peace with Hamas.”
Our U.S. response was terribly weak:
“The United States supports Palestinian reconciliation on terms which promote the cause of peace. Hamas, however, is a terrorist organization which targets civilians.”
It’s time to put teeth into U.S. policy. Yasser Arafat was the man who invented airline hijacking for terror purposes. He murdered Americans. It was never a good idea to trust his word or to trust any organization formed by him. We have gotten nothing for the billions we have showered on him and his corrupt and murderous cronies.
What we see with the Hamas-Fatah rapprochement is merely the open and brazen acknowledgment of what has always been the case: Both Hamas and Fatah are terrorist organizations. Only now has Fatah dropped its mask.
Secretary Clinton urged us to send Fatah another USD 160 million on top of the USD 600 million.
Here’s a fine candidate for cuts. Let’s cut off all U.S. support to these organizations. And we should press our European allies to do the same. It’s time to follow up the brave actions of our U.S. Navy SEALs with brave action in the diplomatic arena.
Source: Huffington Post.
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The so-called “sole Church of Christ” (CCC 816) desires a “two-state solution.” This isn’t new, but it’s amazing that Satan’s church can support this plan without an outcry from the church – the body of believers – throughout the world. Perhaps, it’s only a few (e.g. NEWS THAT MATTERS) who see the truth. More and more, I’m convinced that the church is smaller than what people think. We are being sifted. How many of us are willing to expose the deeds of Rome. I’m glad you do NEWS THAT MATTERS. Are there 50 righteous willing to speak the truth? Forty-five, thirty… ten? I’m seeing a great revival, but it’s not the one you would expect. If anyone saw the National Day of Prayer, you would say that it was ecumenical to the core. Compromise is the path they will take for “peace and security.” We will do whatever it takes to bring about peace in the Middle East, even at the expense of the tax payer. All we’re doing is helping Rome build “the unity lost at Babel.”
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The words of the unholy father, Benedict XVI, leaving Israel, 2009
“…Allow me to make this appeal to all the people of these lands: No more bloodshed! No more fighting! No more terrorism! No more war! Instead let us break the vicious circle of violence. Let there be lasting PEACE based on JUSTICE, let there be genuine RECONCILIATION and healing. Let it be universally recognized that the State of Israel has the right to exist, and to enjoy PEACE and SECURITY (Ref. 1 Thessalonians 5:3) within internationally agreed borders. Let it be likewise acknowledged that the PALESTINIAN PEOPLE have a right TO A SOVEREIGN INDEPENDENT HOMELAND, to live with dignity and to TRAVEL FREELY (So the terrorists, when the time comes, can strap on bombs and create chaos in the streets of Jerusalem). LET THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION BECOME A REALITY, not remain a dream. And let peace spread outwards from these lands, let them serve as a “light to the nations” (Is 42:6), bringing hope to the many other regions that are affected by conflict.
One of the saddest sights for me during my visit to these lands was the wall. As I passed alongside it, I prayed for a future in which the peoples of the Holy Land can live together in peace and harmony without the need for such instruments of security and separation, but rather respecting and trusting one another, and renouncing all forms of violence and aggression. Mr President, I know how hard it will be to achieve that goal. I know how difficult is your task, and that of the Palestinian Authority. But I assure you that my prayers and the prayers of Catholics across the world are with you as you continue your efforts to build a just and lasting peace in this region.
It remains only for me to express my heartfelt thanks to all who have contributed in so many ways to my visit. To the Government, the organizers, the volunteers, the media, to all who have provided hospitality to me and those accompanying me, I am deeply grateful. Please be assured that you are remembered with affection in my prayers. To all of you, I say: thank you, and may God be with you. Shalom!”
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2009/may/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20090515_farewell-tel-aviv_en.html
its my hope that G-D calls his people out soon!