Abu Mazen warned he can't have it both ways, but US has already restored funding
The United States and Israel have both warned 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President “If Abbas consummates this marriage in a meeting next week with [Hamas head Khaled] Mashaal, this is a big problem for us,” one official said. “We have said before that Abbas can choose peace with us or Hamas, but they don’t go together.”Abu Mazen needs to be told unconditionally that if he reconciles with Hamas, the Oslo Accords are done and the money dries up. Israel will annex whatever it annexes and will build a wall (not a fence this time since the World doesn't know the difference anyway) around what's left in 'Palestinian' hands.
Washington is also sending messages to Abbas not to sign off on a deal with Hamas, warning that the PA could once again face a cutoff of US funds if it did so without Hamas first recognizing Israel, forswearing terrorism, and accepting previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements.
Congress temporarily held up funding to the PA after Abbas took his statehood bid to the UN in September.
One Israeli official characterized Abbas’s behavior over the past few months as “problematic,” saying that this was seen by his moves at the UN, his public praise for the kidnapping of soldier Gilad Schalit, and his refusal to condemn last month’s round of missile fire from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
“If he now consummates all that with a move forward toward Hamas, it can seriously harm the peace process,” the official said. He stopped short, however, of saying what concrete actions Israel would take in response to a Hamas-Fatah rapprochement.
But of course, none of those consequences will happen anyway.
What could go wrong?
Labels: Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, Palestinian Authority donors, US foreign aid
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:31 AM
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