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| PA considering canceling PM position |
| 2004-04-20 |
| This probably fails to meet the Rantburg criteria for ’news’. More like formalizing a de facto situation. The Palestinian Authority is considering canceling the position of Prime Minister, leaving the leadership entirely in the hands of the PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported Tuesdays. Officials in the PA claim that the position on Prime Minister was imposed on the authority by the United States, in an effort to reduce the power that lies in the hands of Arafat. The partner for negotiations is Arafat, the Palestinians say, as he is the Palestinians’ elected president |
| Posted by:Phil B |
| #11 OK - H.E. - that got me ROFLMAO |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-20 9:29:15 PM |
| #10 im supposed this means no prime minister summer camp |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-04-20 8:39:04 PM |
| #9 So right, Mr. Bomb-a-rama! I eliminate the middleman and pass the savings onto...ME! |
| Posted by: Y. Arafat 2004-04-20 4:15:32 PM |
| #8 More money can go into Arafart's personal accounts if there isn't a PM, so why bother with one? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-20 3:03:17 PM |
| #7 wow..this is really gonna derail the Roadmap to Peace™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-20 2:26:41 PM |
| #6 Be nice, Yasshole, or we'll start spreading the rumor that you're the new head of Hamas... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-04-20 2:13:36 PM |
| #5 This just makes not having to negotiate that much easier. Israel WILL NOT EVER negotiate with arafart. And the US recently determined that arafart gave the go-ahead for the killing of the US representatives in Gaza. Paleos have such a knack for making the wrong decision, don't they. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-04-20 12:06:38 PM |
| #4 Analogy to the PA's changing the wallpaper as it applies to sewage treatment: When you recycle the same old s--t, you just get concentrated sludge. The sooner all the money is dried up, the sooner the PA is gone and the Paleos can get off to a fresh, more healthy direction... Or NOT. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-04-20 9:47:52 AM |
| #3 Robert, that's "Yes" and "Yes". |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-20 8:59:23 AM |
| #2 Didn't Bush make a leadership "untainted by terror" a prerequisite for our support of a Palestinian state? Shouldn't this make it obvious the PA has no intention of giving up Jew-killing? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-20 8:03:15 AM |
| #1 "...Yeah, and while we're at it, those democratic reforms that we signed on to, that was all the Americans' idea as well. let's scrap those too." "I agree. This concept of a self determining people, with a freely elected government that has to answer to them, instead of the other way around, it's just so silly!" "Heh, stupid Americans...who do they think they are anyway, the most powerful and succesful nation that ever existed on earth?" " Haw, haw! Good one!!" |
| Posted by: Dripping sarcasm 2004-04-20 7:57:10 AM |