Obama's Middle East adviser says Hamas-Fatah unity 'not necessarily a bad thing'
President Obama's Middle East adviser, Philip Gordon, told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Friday that a Hamas-Fatah unity government would '
not necessarily be a bad thing.'
In a closed briefing on Friday to members of the
Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, President
Obama’s Middle East adviser Philip Gordon admitted that Washington was
surprised by the agreement and disappointed by its “unhelpful” timing.
Gordon said that Secretary of State John Kerry and other U.S.
representatives expressed their displeasure to Abbas and reiterated that
the Administration would cut off aid to a Palestinian government that
did not abide by the Quartet’s three conditions of opposition to terror
and recognition of Israel and past agreements.
Nonetheless, it is clear that the Administration also has a “glass
half full” view of the controversial deal between the two rival
Palestinian factions. Gordon told the Jewish representatives that it
would be very difficult to achieve a peace agreement with “half a
Palestinian entity” and not with those who are under the rule of Hamas.
You can’t make peace with only a part of the Palestinian people, Gordon
said.
And you can’t make peace with Hamas at all. Which means you can’t
make peace with Fatah either. But it will still all be Israel’s fault…
according to John Kerry and Barack Obama.
So what
does Philip Gordon think is an obstacle to peace?
Read the whole thing.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Hamas-Fatah reconciliation
2 Comments:
Carl, my head hurts! I wonder if they can even read....a village has found it's idiots! What I would call Hussein, I bet that you can guess!
"NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING"??? FOR WHO?? Oh Carl, the world sure is a mess.
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