Israel Matzav

Are the 'Palestinians' the mouse that roared?

Do you all remember the movie The Mouse that Roared with Peter Sellers? Here's a trailer to remind you.

Let's go to the videotape.



The 'Palestinians' apparently envision themselves as the mouse that roared.

At the request of Fatah, several Palestinian local councils in the Jerusalem area announced that they would boycott the US in protest against the veto.

The boycott includes US government officials and American journalists.

Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials have also called for a “day of rage” against the US and President Barack Obama on Friday.

On Tuesday, Fatah supporters staged a demonstration in east Jerusalem in protest against the Security Council veto. Similar demonstrations have taken place in a number of Palestinian cities, where Fatah supporters chanted slogans denouncing Obama as a “despicable” man.

The local councils said that they would boycott American aid groups and the US Consulate-General in Jerusalem.

Hatem Abdel Kader, a senior Fatah official and former PA minister for Jerusalem affairs, told The Jerusalem Post that he has called on Hamas and other Palestinian factions to join the anti-US boycott.

Abdel Kader said that the protests would continue until the US administration changes its position regarding the Palestinians. He also demanded that Obama publicly apologize to the Palestinians for voting against the anti-settlement resolution.

That's right. The 'Palestinians' are going to boycott the United States.

Now, if I'm an American taxpayer (which I am still), my reaction to this is, "Oh good. That means I don't have to give them any more aid money." Well, not quite....

PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced that he would be prepared to give up US aid that was dependent on political conditions.

He said that in 2010, the US gave the PA $223 million in financial aid to cover its deficit of $1.145 billion.

This did not include US aid to UNRWA, he said.

The 'Palestinians' are willing to give up the $223 million that the US provided to cover their budget deficit. How magnanimous of them. But they're not willing to give up the US contribution to UNRWA, which was $267 million in 2009 and $95 million by March 2010. Nor are they willing to give up the other aid money they get from the US, which was projected to total $502.9 million in 2010 and $550 million in 2011. That money goes for things like incitement on 'Palestinian Authority' television, paying stipends to the families of terrorists held in Israeli prisons and to the families of 'martyrs,' paying salaries of Hamas affiliates in Gaza, and lining the pockets of Abu Bluff, Fayyad and their friends.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Mouse that Roared, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority Television, Palestinian boycott of US, UNRWA

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:26 AM