Only a day or two after Hamas leaders said they’re never going to make peace with or recognize Israel, and that the PA should rescind its recognition of Israel, the man who is evidently behind the unity agreement says Hamas is interested in peace with Israel. I’m sorry, but there are only two responses to that: Hysterical laughter and calling bullshit.
Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh urged the PLO Friday to rescind its recognition of Israel in response to the Jewish state’s objection to the Palestinian unity agreement.
Haniyeh said that there was no justification for recognizing the “Israeli entity” in wake of Israel’s objection to Palestinian rights and unity.
“Their presence on our land is illegal and cannot be recognized,” the Hamas leader said.
You cannot possibly square that quote with these claims:
“During conversations I had with Khaled Mashal and Mousa Abu Marzook, they said that they want to establish a strong government that can achieve a comprehensive peace based on 1967 border,” said al-Masri, who has been named as a candidate to head the new government.
Somebody is lying. Maybe all of them are lying. But there will be no deal with Hamas, because Hamas does not want peace with Israel. They want the end of Israel. They said it only two days ago.
Understand what they get out of the unity deal: Egypt is opening the Rafah border, which will allow weapons to pass through without having to be taken apart and moved through tunnels. Unlimited amounts of cash from Iran will also be going legally across the border. Egypt will now be participating in the arming of Hamas for the next war, and the next war won’t be far away—especially since most Egyptian candidates for president have already said they’d come down on the Palestinian side and even help them if Israel fights back after being attacked with rockets. And the Muslim Brotherhood? That famously “secular” organization? They’re planning on running for half the seats in Parliament. Oh, and they’ve picked up on what the world needs to hear, and are now insisting they’re not a religious organization. Of course I’m calling bullshit on that too. Just what the world needs, another Islamist state, to join the fun group of Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Sudan—never mind, the list is getting too long to name.
“This is not a religious party, not a theocratic party,” its newly named leader, Mahmoud Mosri, told reporters Saturday. He described the platform of his Freedom and Justice party as civil but with an Islamic background that adheres to the constitution.
Another pack of lies. But all of this pales in comparison to what the UN will give the PA for the unity government: Unilateral recognition of statehood by the General Assembly. And even though legally, that means nothing, the entire world will recognize “Palestine” as a state and vilify Israel even more for not allowing the newly-minted state to arm itself and continue on its quest to destroy the Jewish state. Of course, it won’t be that open. The world will decry Israel’s lack of trust, inability to make peace, and go full-tilt on the “apartheid” nonsense. They can do nothing in the Security Council about recognizing a Palestinian state without the U.S., and while I detest Obama, I don’t think he will allow that to happen. At least, not in his first term. (I am hoping he does not get a second.)
In the meantime, Israel is canceling tax transfers to the Palestinians. Watch for the Obama administration to muscle Israel into contributing to its own demise by funding the now openly terrorist partners, the Palestinian Authority. If Pakistan were openly paired with al Qaeda, do you think Obama would urge Congress to send Pakistan our annual aid anyway? Of course not. It’s the same concept. But I don’t think Obama knows that.
The Arabs won’t step up if Israel and the U.S. suspend payments to the PA. They’re too busy dealing with their own issues, and, well, they never have stepped up. The biggest donors to the PA are Europe and America. There’s no way Europe will stop its handouts. But we can. Thankfully, Congress has the power of the purse strings, not Obama.
Any way you look at it, this unity deal is terrible for Israel. I’m hoping that they can’t stick with it until September.