Posted on 01/28/2005 8:14:30 AM PST by F105-D ThunderChief
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders warned their Israeli counterparts on Friday that a new spirit of cooperation between the Middle East foes would endure only if Israel's Gaza pullout was linked to a final peace settlement. ....
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, whose more dovish Labour Party this month joined a national unity government with Sharon's right-wing Likud, said he was surprised and impressed by Abbas' rapid implementation of security measures in Gaza.
"This is the first time someone has taken on leadership and in a few days changed the entire atmosphere," Peres said of Abbas. "All of a sudden there is a meeting of minds and moods."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.co.za ...
Yeah, that's rich. The Palestinians lecturing Israel about peace? Yeah ok, whatever.
That's if the Pali's defintion of peace isn't requiring all Isreali jews to walk into the mediterranean.
Hamas celebrates landslide victory in first ever local elections in Gaza
Gaza votes for jihad terror. From AFP, with thanks to Teri:
GAZA CITY (AFP) - The radical Islamist movement Hamas was celebrating a landslide victory in the first ever local elections in the Gaza Strip, winning 77 out of the 118 seats up for grabs, election commission sources said.The mainstream Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas won just 26 seats while independents and minor parties won the remaining 15 slots in 10 municipalities across the territory in Thursday's election....
Hamas had campaigned on a strong anti-corruption ticket, amid widespread disillusionment among voters about the incompetence and cronyism which has characterised many councils.
Abbas has vowed a crackdown on corruption and to implement sweeping reforms of the Palestinian institutions but the results in Gaza appear to indicate that voters do not trust the establishment party to put its own house in order.
Mushir al-Masri, a spokesman for Hamas, said the results were a damning indictment of the levels of institutional corruption.
"This means that the Palestinian people reject corruption and hope for change to protect its interests," he told AFP.
Reject corruption, choose jihad.
Peres is close to peretz; vulture.
Like yeah...who counted the votes?? Did we have "Mr Integrity" jimmy carter there to monitor the election??
Good post ThunderChief. Peres is the Isreali equivalent of john kerry...game for any treasonous deal. In the remote event that anything positive actually develops at this time in the middle east which I doubt, it will only serve to dramatize the stupidity of the US and western europe in keeping the vermin arafart alive these past 3 decades.
No kidding.. the EU and UN have been funding the terrorists and the PA.
Despite Israeli Alerts, U.N. Transfers Thousands to Hamas Affiliates
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