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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas wants West to end blockade
2007-02-10
Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but
Leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognise Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.
leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognise Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.

Hamas and its rival movement Fatah signed a deal on Thursday to end factional warfare that has killed scores of Palestinians and to form a coalition, hoping this would lead Western powers to lift crippling sanctions imposed on the Hamas-led government because the group rejects Israel. Israeli officials said the coalition agreement failed to meet conditions to end sanctions and initial reaction from the United States and Europe was muted. “We have agreed with the Saudis to market this agreement internationally. Our (Saudi) brothers are in constant contact with the Americans and Europeans,” Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad told Reuters. “They cannot ignore this agreement and impose their own conditions,” he said.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Who's wants to bet that the "Quartet/DOS" will geek?

Russia is ready to lift the blockade.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-10 20:27  

#6  Saudi Arabia pledged $1B to the unity government going forward. And it seems like I remember Iran saying they were gonna give a bunch to Hamas (>$1B?).

Couple of questions:
- How much money - from the quartet et al - was cut off in the first place?
- What's the shortfall with regard to running the PA?

Seems like we're moving towards a proxy battle between SA/Iran in Gaza/WestBank, with the rest of us standing on the sidelines, Israel nervously.
Posted by: Jump Wheatch9614   2007-02-10 15:15  

#5  Who's wants to bet that the "Quartet/DOS" will geek?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-02-10 12:04  

#4  Little JohnnyÂ’s mother, fed up with the state of his room and his behaviour grounds him and informs him he cannot leave his room until he makes his bed, cleans up his toys and stops fighting with his sister.

Ten days later, Mom checks in to see how heÂ’s doing, The bed is unmade, toys are scattered everywhere and his sister has a black eye. Mom reiterates the rules. Johnny says there is no point in making his bed as itÂ’ll only get mussed again that night; he likes his toys scattered and he hates his sister. Johnny has a hissy fit and demands to be let out of his room.

10 more days go by and Mom checks in on Johnny. Bed is now invisible under rumpled blankets, she can’t even get in the room because of the minefield of toys and his sister has a bleeding nose. Johnny says he’s been punished enough and should be allowed to leave, ‘cause he likes his bed unmade, they’re his toys and he gets to decide where they belong … and he hates his sister. Mom locks him back in the room.

10 more days go by and Johnny yells for his Mom to come see - he’s ready to leave his room. Mom chugs up the stairs with the best of hopes and peeks in. The bed has collapsed under the weight of crap piled on it; the floor in covered in toys and debris and his sister is dead. Johnny is standing, grinning from ear to ear, in small strip of cleared floor. “What the hell?”, says Mom. “Look at this place! You haven’t done a thing I asked and worse, now your sister is dead. What makes you think you can leave your room?”

Johnny beams at her and flips over on his back, then up again. “Look Mom, I can do a summersault!”
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2007-02-10 11:46  

#3  Sounds like the guy on Hannity last might. A lot of cognitive dissonance is coming to the surface for all to see. What phase is the moon in?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-02-10 08:17  

#2  Nope. No pony either.
Posted by: DMFD   2007-02-10 00:51  

#1  Â“They cannot ignore this agreement and impose their own conditions,” he said.

Wanna bet?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-02-10 00:06  

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