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US report says Palestinian Authority still cracking down on terror in West Bank
[IsraelTimes] State Department’s 2017 terrorism report credits PA with ’counterterrorism and law enforcement efforts’ in the West Bank; Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, continues to launch rockets and build tunnelsThe Paleostinian Authority continues to take proactive measures to prevent terrorism while Hamas inflames and practices terror, a new US report noted Thursday. The State Department’s annual survey of global terrorism said that despite the presence of Paleostinian terror groups in both the West Bank and Gazoo, which continued to threaten Israel, the PA was cooperating with its Israeli counterparts to tamp down violence. The report comes amid ongoing tension between the US and the PA, over Paleostinian anger at the Trump administrations recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the subsequent moving of the embassy there from Tel Aviv. A Paleostinian boycott of administration officials was met with the US slashing aid to Ramallah until it comes back to negotiations. On Thursday, the US again slammed the Paleostinians for their payments to the families of terrorists. Despite this, the report found that the Fatah-led Paleostinian Authority "continued its counterterrorism and law enforcement efforts in the West Bank." In contrast, Hamas, the Islamist terror group that rules Gazoo, launched rockets into Israel, continued its practice of building tunnels to sneak forces of Evil into Israel and sought to smuggle weaponry into the battered coastal enclave through the Sinai. "The United States assisted the PA’s counterterrorism efforts by providing training, equipment, and infrastructure support to the [PA Security Forces]," the report says. "US training and support assisted in the PA’s continued development of professional, self-sufficient, and capable security forces." Yet the report noted that such cooperation was not possible with Hamas. "Several murderous Moslem groups launched rocket attacks against Israel from Gazoo," the report says. "The primary limitation on PA counterterrorism efforts in Gazoo remained Hamas’ control of the area and the resulting inability of the PASF to operate there." The PA and the Paleostine Liberation Organization, however, both provide "martyr payments" to the families of Paleostinians killed while conducting terrorist acts, the report said. "These payments and separate canteen stipends that the Israeli government allows for prisoners were first initiated by the PLO in 1965 and have continued under the PA since the Oslo Accords with Israel," the survey says. The report also noted settler violence inflicted against Paleostinians over the last year: "Israelis, including settlers, committed acts of violence, including ’price tag’ attacks (property crimes and violent acts by Lion of Islam Jewish individuals and groups against Paleostinians) in the West Bank in 2017." Overall, the report said that the number of terrorist attacks in Israel and the Golan Heights has declined since 2015, but Israel still "experienced numerous terrorist attacks, including those committed by lone actors with no clear affiliation to terrorist organizations." The latest report maintained a change instituted by the Trump administration to no longer refer to the West Bank and Gazoo as "occupied territories" or "the Paleostinian territories." Instead, they are referred as "West Bank and Gazoo." The report noted that rocket attacks from Gazoo followed President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s announcing he would move the US embassy in Jerusalem last year, and the subsequent opening of the embassy in May. Since assuming office, the Trump administration has made a high priority of brokering an Israeli-Paleostinian peace deal. Their efforts to bring both sides to the table has faltered since Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The PA leadership has refused to engage with Trump officials, saying they forfeited their right to act as honest mediators. The White House peace team ‐ led by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Jason Greenblatt ‐ have been working on the highly anticipated proposal, and are now in the process of planning its rollout. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-21 |
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