Posted on 09/15/2003 3:17:50 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
U.S. to Withhold Some Funds from Israel
Mon September 15, 2003 04:24 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Monday it planned to withhold some funds from Israel because of its settlement activities in Palestinian areas.
The deductions would come from a $9 billion package of U.S. loan guarantees to help Israel weather a deep recession and fiscal crisis.
But administration officials said they have yet to decide whether to penalize Israel for building a fence through the West Bank. Congressional aides doubted the White House would carry out that threat.
Under legislation authorizing the loan guarantees, the United States would deduct from the face value of the loan guarantees an amount equal to any Israeli spending on settlement activities in Palestinian areas.
An administration official said those deductions were consistent with past U.S. policies. He did not specify an amount that would be deducted or when it would take place.
"We can't preclude any deductions (for fence construction). That is still a matter for discussion," the official added.
President Bush has called the fence "a problem" because it makes it hard to develop a contiguous Palestinian state.
Israel and its allies in Congress argue that expenditures on the security fence should not be deducted from the loan guarantees.
Israel wants the barrier -- in sections a concrete wall and in others metal fencing -- to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers. Palestinians describe it as a new "Berlin Wall" that grabs territory they want to be part of an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel and its allies in Congress argue that expenditures on the security fence should not be deducted from the loan guarantees.
Bush on Monday designed Secretary of State Colin Powell to oversee the loan program.
Ever heard of Neville Chamberlain and "Peace in our Time"? Don't see any similarities between Powell and Bush's appeasement of Arafat and Chamberlain's of Hitler? Click on the link and learn a little history, then see if you can relate it to the present.
I'm glad you and the large majority of FReepers get it.
Admin Moderator didn't, or either didn't like what I was saying and pulled the original back on #76.
The pics ain't pretty, but this a terrorism/anti-semitism/appeasement thread. Nothing pretty about that.
I rarely get anything pulled, and when I do have, I usually can see where maybe I crossed the line with poorly worded wisecrack and deserved it.
I don't know what #18 was, but I doubt it was that bad.
If FR is having a funding issue, and outsourcing Admin Moderator jobs to Tehran, the target amount for the next FReepathon should be increased.
Anyhow, I put it back up on #101, which hasn't been pulled yet, and for that I'm grateful.
The same collection will continue to be posted on relevant threads as long as the U.S. has a double standard for terrorism and wants to deal with it's leadership.
If I get banned for that, well no great loss.
Yes I really am pissed at the Admin Moderator, is really that obvious?
Love him.
KEYES/RICE 2008
What you neglect to mention is that they are always paid back with further aid that we provide for them. Ever hear of the "Cranston Amendment"?
What do you call the billions we send them in aid, chickenfeed?
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