The money spigots will open very soon.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Nov 13, 2006 (AP)— A U.S.-educated professor with ties to both Hamas and the rival Fatah Party is the leading candidate for Palestinian prime minister in the emerging unity government, officials said Monday.
[…] Respected economist Salam Fayyad, meanwhile, is being considered for the post of finance minister, a job he held until the Hamas-led government took office early this year. Fayyad was credited with fighting mismanagement and cronyism, and his return to the treasury would likely go far in lifting a crippling international aid boycott.
Hamas and Fatah hope that Shabir and Fayyad will be acceptable to the international community and help persuade the West to lift economic sanctions on the Hamas-led government. Israel and Western donor nations have demanded that Hamas renounce violence and recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Palestinian officials said the United States has already expressed backing for Shabir’s candidacy.
Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, spokeswoman of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, declined to say whether Shabir and the rest of the next Palestinian Cabinet would be acceptable to the U.S.
“When they’re announced, we’ll be looking not only at who they are but what their program platform is,” she said.
She noted that the U.S. has been in touch with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate from Fatah, during his negotiations with Hamas but said the U.S. does not approve or veto individual candidates.
Translation: The new “unity” government will be found acceptable by the Bush Administration, led by the James Baker Commission (he of the “Fuck the Jews, they don’t vote for us” persuasion). The money spigots will re-open, and the terrorists will continue to build their army and fill their weapons cache. Worst-case scenario: By next summer, there will be a three-front war, and the missiles will rain down on Israel from the north, from Gaza, and possibly from the West Bank as well.
Best-case scenario: The world sticks to its guns and grows a pair concerning the pals.
Yeah, I can’t stop laughing when I read that, either.
You know, I’m looking forward to one investigation… Tom Lantos hammering on Condi Rice.
A veto-proof majority regualrly passes measures to force the administration to restrict the support of the PA and to demand moving the embassy to Jerusalem. We’ll see if Pelosi has the guts to play chicken and start defunding pet State projects.
This time around, unlike Gingrich and Clinton, more people want to see Bush & the government shut down.
I doubt that any money spigots from the Arab or Euro countries were ever shut off. At best, the cash was parked in offshore accounts, moved through various channels and was thoroughly laundered.
What I guess will happen is that at the next provocation from Gaza or the West Bank, some missiles will be launched at Damascus and Tehran which would not have been launched if there was no Baker commission.