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Israel-Palestine
PA minister says: Bush's efforts insincere
2005-02-05
A Palestinian Authority official has predicted that US President George Bush's efforts to resolve the Palestinian-"Israeli" strife will fail.
Good chance of it. Hamas is going to do their best to make sure that happens...
Azmi Shueibi, PA Minister of Youth and Sport, said during a press interview Friday that Bush's efforts were insincere and motivated by parochial political considerations, not a genuine desire to force "Israel" to come to terms with Palestinian rights. "I think he is only trying to give the impression that he is doing something about the conflict. But I don't think he is sincere. We have to remember that Bush is the first American president to lend legitimacy to Israeli Jewish-only settlements and say that Palestinian refugees have no right to return to their homes."
Also the first American president to come out in favor of a Paleostinian homeland, but we won't go into that...
Shueibi said Bush was speaking in abstract and vague terms about democracy in the Middle East and Palestinian statehood.
Sounded neither abstract nor vague to me, Bub...
"If he is truly honest and truly serious about peace, he should force Israel to carry out UN resolutions." Bush in his State of the Union Address Wednesday night made no mention of the "Israeli" occupation of the Palestinian homeland although he said he reasserted his commitment to the creation of a Palestinian state. Bush said he would ask Congress for $350 to the Palestinian Authority to help bolster the government of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. However, Shuebi said "money alone" wouldn't help Abbas. "Even if they gave him all the money in the world, this wouldn't help him, because the problem here is the Israeli occupation of our homeland."
"Nobody suffers like we do!"
Posted by:Fred

#2  PA Minister of Youth and Sport That would be the gentleman in charge of the summer terrorist training camps for children?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-05 11:54:00 AM  

#1  "Even if they gave him all the money in the world, this wouldn't help him, because the problem here is..." that major Palestinian powers view peace with Israel to mean extermination of Israel. Not only that, but Abbas is not what he appears to be. Remember his comment that "Jerusalem will again belong to the Muslims and worship will continue in Jerusalem until doomsday" of two days ago?
http://rantburg.com/poparticle.asp?HC=&D=2/3/2005&ID=55476
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-05 10:40:55 AM  

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