Rice: Israel's evacuation of the Gaza Strip is only a first step

Haaretz ^ | 8/18/2005 | Haaretz

[wardaddy]

Man....your views sure diverge from mine.

I mean.....I have a lot more in common with Jews than I do about anyone else but Christians as a rule.

Not to say that I don't disagree with most on politics

[sheik yerbouty]

They are all patches on the same quilt..

[rmlew]

Not a country or distinct polity.
Please explain the difference between Arabs in Cis-Jordan and Trans-Jordan.

[epow]

In the eyes of the world they will no longer have an excuse of "we have no homeland".

In less than 3 months after the last Israeli settler has been dragged out of Gaza the pallies will be demanding that Israel pull out of Jerusalem because it's part of their "homeland", and the Europeans will be backing their demands. If they get that, the next demand will be the entire west bank. There will be no end to their demands until Israel capitulates and the last Jew in Israel is killed or leaves.

The Palestinian Homeland is a mythical place. Pallies have no homeland, they are descendants of a composite of Arabs from several tribes who came to the early Jewish settlements to find work from the late 19th century though the first half of the 20th. If any part of the ME could be called their homeland, the nation that comes closest to that description is Jordan which absolutely refuses to allow them in.

[theFIRMbss]

>Palestinian Authority
>>Not a country or distinct polity

Well, you are just wrong.
Whether or not you and I
can or can't spell out

exactly who's who,
they're globally recognized
and that makes them real.

The bottom line is
they're the people governments   *
give big money to.

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* State Department summarizes assistance to Palestinian Authority

Aid and Assistance Funds to the Palestinian Authority (Taken Question)

QUESTION: Explain current amount and status of aid and assistance funds to the Palestinian Authority.

Answer: In Fiscal Year 2003 [Oct. 2002-Oct. 2003], the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) regular budget for the West Bank and Gaza was $74.5 million. This assistance is provided via contractors and non-governmental organizations in the West Bank and Gaza for specifically identified projects and initiatives. USAID has requested another $75 million for Fiscal Year 2004 [beginning October 2003].

The spring Emergency Wartime Supplemental Act provided an additional $50 million dollars that was then parceled out in two parts:

-- A $30 million USAID "quick impact" funding initiative was announced July 2. This funding was used to support -- via contractors and NGOs -- resumption of critical public services, private sector activities, and reconstruction of damaged roads in the West Bank and Gaza.

-- The remaining $20 million was provided directly to the Palestinian Authority -- a first (announced July 9). This decision was made because of the credibility that Palestinian Finance Minister Fayyad brought to the Palestinian Authority budget process. His success in building a credible public finance system has been recognized by Israel, which resumed its tax revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority in December 2002. This $20 million was to be used to finance utility payments (up to $9 million) and repair and rehabilitate municipal infrastructure (at least $11 million), and is subject to a variety of controls and auditing requirements

[epow]

The only modern technology these people know anything about or have any interest in, is technology related to mass murder. They are NAZIs in bedsheets.

That sums up the essence of the Arab/Islamic world quite nicely, especially that last sentence.

Islamic fanaticism is much more dangerous than communism ever was. Most free and democratic western nations recognized communism as a deadly peril and took steps to guard against it. But Islam has deceived the west into believing it is a peaceful religion instead of what it actually is, a militant, violent cult that intends to dominate the world and force all "infidels" to choose between violent death or acceptance of it's ruthless, totalitarian rule. There can be no compromise with Islam, it's either them or us, and we had better be prepared to use our present military advantage to good effect while we still hold it.

[Tokra]

You are correct - the true Palestinian homeland is Jordan.

[rmlew]

Recognition of a group does not make it so.
Are you suggesting that there were no Palestinians prior to 1989?

[michaelt]

I think the NY Times Dowdified Rice's comments. Look at these:

http://jpundit.typepad.com/jci/2005/08/condoleezza_ric.html

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011468.php

[JasonC]

The game plan is force Israel to give the Palestinians a state for nothing in return, as appeasement. To thereby earn credit with Arab states that hate Israel.

[freedomson]

Hmmm..... The Old York Times........I should've known.

[cyborg]

Hmmmm very interesting...Don't call them the SLIMES for nothing!

[michaelt]

I was going to make this a seperate thread but since the article is from a blog it wouldn't belong on News/Activism and I thought no one would see it.

I think it deserves wider exposure.

We shouldn't trust the NY Times on anything.