Israel Matzav

Delusions of grandeur

The 'Palestinians' believe that they are so important that the United States will never cut funding to them, come what may. Reports over the holiday indicated that the United States had threatened to do just that if the 'Palestinian Authority' is disbanded. This is from the first link.

Veteran Fatah leader Qadura Fares told Army Radio that officials in Ramallah were not overly concerned about the American warnings, as the main concern of the Palestinian "struggle" was the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, and not the procurement of money from the international arena.

"The struggle is for the establishment of a Palestinian state, so that the Palestinian people will have freedom and liberty," Fares, the president of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society told the radio station.

He added that the Palestinians alone were not responsible for resolving the Middle East conflict, and said that if the conflict was going to continue, it would continue.

Fares pointed toward moves that would prolong the conflict, stating that Israel could go ahead and annex the West Bank and build more settlements if it wanted to.

The 'Palestinians' would not be saying this if George W. Bush was still President. He would have taken them up on the invitation to cut funding. 

Labels: government funding, Palestinian Authority, US foreign aid

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:21 PM