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Congressman confronts Abbas with Paleo textbook - about time!
WASHINGTON — Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas encountered some blunt questions during his reception by Congress last week.Congressional sources said at one meeting House and Senate members asked Abbas probing questions regarding delays in reforming the PA security services as well as anti-Israeli and anti-U.S. incitement in the official media, Middle East Newsline reported. Other U.S. lawmakers cited anti-Semitic references in PA textbooks. "The United States has provided $1.4 billion in aid to the Palestinian people since 1993," Rep. Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, said. "However, the U.S. cannot continue to support the Palestinian Authority, whether directly or indirectly, if the education system does not create the conditions necessary for peace." $1.4 billion in hard earned taxpayer money to the Arafish [and Suha]. And this and the antisemitic propaganda in schoolbooks is being brought up by a Dem.[On Thursday, President George Bush announced that the United States would relay $50 million to the PA. Officials said the announcement came after White House negotiations with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other congressional Republicans who have objected to direct aid to the PA.] $50 million reward to the PA that has done nothing but talk a good game. Shameful. Let the Paleos show some results first, then maybe some money. Where are the Saudi bankrolls now? They have plenty of money. Sherman met Abbas in Washington on May 25 and delivered a letter expressing his concern over anti-Semitic portions of Palestinian textbooks and a failure to promote peace in the region. Congressional sources said Abbas was stunned by Sherman's allegations and PA aides later blamed Israel. That's the ticket, blame everyone but yourselves, bloody moral and mental midgets. During the meeting, sources said, Sherman presented excerpts of a new 10th grade history text entitled "History of the Modern Contemporary Word." On page 63, the book cites the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, as the basis for what the text termed the Zionist goal for "world domination." Recycled propaganda. "More disturbing is that this may be indicative of the treatment that Jews and Israel receive throughout the new Palestinian textbooks — especially the universal failure in maps to note the existence of the State of Israel or to refer to places in the area by the names now universally recognized, such as Tel Aviv and Netanya," the Sherman letter said. "While Israel and peace is mentioned once in connection with the Oslo Accords, which is a commendable improvement, these concepts are mentioned nowhere else. I am also informed that the discussions of religious tolerance in the texts do not mention Jews specifically." In 2004, the Bush administration allocated $200 million to the PA. But Congress, citing concerns of PA corruption, ordered that much of the aid be diverted to Israel and non-government organizations. Well, at least Congress got that one right. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-06-01 |
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