Posted on 10/01/2011 11:08:43 AM PDT by opentalk
The Independent reports that US Congress blocked $200 million in aid to Palestinian Authority following Mahmoud Abbas' bid for UN membership and is threatening wider sanctions.
..According to the British newspaper, the freezing of the funds, which were to have been provided in the US fiscal year that ends Saturday, is the most tangible sign yet of the seriousness of Congressional leaders' threats of an even wider halt to funding in the coming year if Abbas continues with his actions at the UN.
..The Obama administration argues that assistance to the Palestinians is "an essential part of the US commitment to a secure future and two-state solution for Palestinians".
(Excerpt) Read more at ynetnews.com ...
About Time. What took them so long?
This is racism against Islam.
You might think the U.S. lame stream media might pick up on this! Never mind! Wishful thinking that we would have reporters not all Bowbama supporters/pr0-Bowbama editorialists...
better late then never
We should’ve cut those bastards off flat on 9/11, when they were celebrating the 3,000 murdered in NY and DC.
That still burns me up. Sorry, but this is the most thoroughly worthless group of people on earth.
This is tragic - orcs and goblins affected the most.
A British newspaper—that’s we have to go for the news.
As long as they’re in the mood, I can think of a couple dozen Federal Agencies (AKA ‘Imperial Bureaucracies’) that could stand to have their funding ‘frozen’.....
You get no arguement from me on that!
Yeah yeah,, they can just GET OVER IT!
Not racism. We don’t like funding terrorists. We need to stop funding any middle east country.
We also need to stop giving money to the UN and throw them out of our country.
Maybe we should form a new type of UN. One with countries who think like us.
Not racism. We don’t like funding terrorists. We need to stop funding any middle east country.
We also need to stop giving money to the UN and throw them out of our country.
Maybe we should form a new type of UN. One with countries who think like us.
Finally, a little good news.
But see post #7. It’s not great news, just a little good.
Islam is not a race!
“According to the British newspaper, the freezing of the funds, which were to have been provided in the US fiscal year that ends Saturday,...”
What the heck does this mean? Does it mean they were supposed to have released the funds by today? If so, they sure didn’t do much as far as I can see. Why not freeze all funds now and in the future at least as far as this congress is concerned.
Borrowing money to fund foreign entities is nuts.
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