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US Supplies Fatah With Arms, Rice Decries "Occupation"
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| 22:00 Oct 12, '06 / 20 Tishrei 5767
| Ezra HaLevi & Hana Levi Julian
Posted on 10/12/2006 2:46:34 PM PDT by Esther Ruth
US Supplies Fatah With Arms, Rice Decries "Occupation"
by Ezra HaLevi & Hana Levi Julian
The Fatah faction received a new shipment of arms Thursday as part of a Western aid package to bolster forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen).
Fatah is the political party which PLO chairman Yassir Arafat headed. The Al-Aksa Brigades terror group operates under its authority.
Thousands of M-16 assault rifles, made in the U.S., were delivered to Fatah forces in Judea and Samaria as part of the effort to strengthen Abbas's position in opposition to Hamas leader and PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
According to PA security sources quoted by the Middle East Newsline (MENL), "The weapons are meant for PA forces but they end up with Fatah in the war against Hamas." The deal, meant to increase Abbas' power in the struggle for control of the PA government, was approved by Israel.
The two factions have been fighting bitter clashes in Gaza, leading to fears that a civil war may ultimately hit the streets. The Hamas terror organization is currently the majority faction in the PA after winning January 2006 elections in a landslide victory against Fatah.
The victory at the polls, however, led to a loss at the bank; international funding dried up as a result of the new regime. Hamas has continued to resist international pressure to force the terror organization to officially acknowledge Israel's right to exist, renounce violence and uphold peace agreements signed by the previous Fatah-led PA government.
The latest efforts by Qatari officials to build a unity government of Hamas and Fatah failed after Hamas once again insisted on maintaining its refusal to officially recognize the Jewish State. In the wake of that failure, Abbas again threatened to disband the current PA government and call for early elections.
Rice Blasts "Occupation", Praises Abbas United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday America could have no greater legacy than to have divided the Land of Israel and established a Palestinian state to end the "humiliation of occupation." Rice made the statements at a dinner marking the third anniversary of the American Task Force on Palestine.
"The Palestinian people deserve a better life, a life that is rooted in liberty, democracy, uncompromised by violence and terrorism, unburdened by corruption and misrule and forever free of the daily humiliation of occupation," Rice said. "I promise you my personal commitment to that goal."
"I believe there could be no greater legacy for America than to help bring into being a Palestinian state for people who have suffered too long, have been humiliated too long," Rice added.
"I know that sometimes, a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel must seem like a very distant dream but I know too ... that there are so many things that once seemed impossible that after they happened they simply seemed inevitable," she said.
Rice praised Abbas, who is hanging onto his position as Palestinian Authority president, for his moderation. Arutz-7 reported Tuesday that Abbas dismissed demands that Fatah recognize Israel just one day before he allegedly told Rice that the group would.
Published: 20:11 October 12, 2006 Last Update: 22:00 October 12, 2006
TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fatah; israel; occupation; rice; us
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To: Esther Ruth
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posted on
10/12/2006 4:05:40 PM PDT
by
familyop
("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --St. Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly")
To: stylin19a
You have to ask? Of course we are nuts. Stark raving loony tunes etc.
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posted on
10/12/2006 4:45:15 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: ivy
Deport all Muslims that are NOT citizens, and decertify Islam as a religion. It has proven itself not to be one, with millions of deaths over the centuries, and the billions of deaths on the horizon.
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posted on
10/12/2006 5:46:59 PM PDT
by
jeremiah
(Our military are not "fodder", but fathers and mothers and sons and daughters.)
To: Esther Ruth
In my humble estimation, Condi Rice has jumped the shark.
Bush should fire her immediately, but he won't.
He should at least upbraid her and distance himself from her remarks, but I don't think he will do that, either.
Hey, Condi, I'm an AMERICAN, and I have NO RESPECT for Islam.
It's been said before, and I'll say it again. All I ever needed to know about Islam, I learned on September 11, 2001.
.
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posted on
10/12/2006 7:05:38 PM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
To: Esther Ruth
Anybody still calling for Condi Rice to be the next President?
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:35:34 AM PDT
by
gogogodzilla
(I criticize everyone... and then breathe some radioactive fire and stomp on things.)
To: Esther Ruth
W. T. F.
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posted on
10/13/2006 6:36:54 AM PDT
by
Sender
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To: Sender; gogogodzilla; Westbrook; jeremiah; JasonC; familyop; in hoc signo vinces; ivy; ...
W. T. F.The occopation. Of what, you ask? Not the map below, from the American Task Force on Palestine, the group before which Condi noted
Last month, in his speech to the UN General Assembly, President Bush reiterated his deep conviction that the Palestinian people deserve a better life - a life that is rooted in liberty and democracy, uncompromised by violence and terrorism, unburdened by corruption and misrule, and forever free of the daily humiliation of occupation. It is this belief that led President Bush, in June of 2002, to become the first American president to make it a matter of policy that the creation of a Palestinian state, with territorial integrity, with viability, living side by side with Israel, in peace and security, would indeed strengthen peace and security, not just in the region but the peace and security of us all.
Arab countries in tan, non-Arab countries in white, and, surprise, a country is missing. A little one. Guess who? A footnote, territorial integrity means that Israel will have to cede land to connect Gaza and the West Bank. Irrelevant though, since Israel's destruction is the objective.
And yes, the State Dept might have made a mistake vetting the group, but no, I doubt the map is an accident.
Our Mission and Purpose
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posted on
10/13/2006 12:07:00 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
To: SJackson
The State Department is a cesspool of cowards and Arabist swine. That map in no way surprises me.
Nothing like having your tax dollars used to deny the existence of Israel and kowtow to the most vile societies on earth, is there?
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posted on
10/13/2006 12:18:35 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: SJackson
When the people of Palistine learn to love their kids more than they hate the Jews, things will change for the better.
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posted on
10/13/2006 4:19:12 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(History convinces me that bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson)
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