On the heels of receiving $150 million from U.S. taxpayers, for the purpose of strengthening the PA to prevent terrorism, the Palestinian Prime Minister tells a Kuwaiti newspaper that the PA can’t do anything to stop rockets, terrorisim, or Hamas.
“There is no solution for the troubles in Gaza, or for the rockets being fired from it,” Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said in an interview for Kuwaiti journal al-Rai on Saturday. “All we can do is transfer funds to the Gaza Strip.”
Fayyad was referring to the detachment of the West Bank from Gaza following the hostile takeover of the coastal territory by Hamas, and to his authority’s helplessness in remedying the situation. “We can do nothing but transfer the clerks’ salaries and relief funds through the banks. We have tried numerous times to resolve this issue,” he said.
Let’s review: This is the Palestinian Prime Minister. This is the man whom Western and Israeli leaders consider to be a hardheaded moderate, who will end corruption by the PA. So what’s he doing with the money? Sending it to the people in Gaza because that’s all the PA can do about Gaza.
And oh, yeah, all those advanced weapons and training the U.S. is sending the PA? Doesn’t matter. They can’t do anything about Gaza. Except they can send money. Because the Palestinians in Gaza are unable to work. Shyeah. Like they had jobs that weren’t handouts before. Oh, wait. They did. Prior to the intifada, many of them worked in Israel, for decent wages. But then they started murdering their employers, and gee, the jobs dried up. Go figure.
“What you hear about the rate of 40% unemployment in Gaza is untrue. In actuality the rate is much higher. Because of the siege people have become frustrated, and have not been seeking employment.”
“If we had not transferred the clerks’ salaries the situation would have deteriorated to a general social disaster,” he continued.
Uh-huh. I’ve heard that one a lot lately, and yet, there doesn’t seem to be a single Palestinian in Gaza that is starving.
The EU transferred hundreds of millions as well. And Olmert promised to ease checkpoints and aid the Palestinians in numerous ways, conditioned, of course, on their stopping terror.
And what does the Palestinian PA say to a Kuwaiti newspaper? The PA is utterly helpless to stop terror.
Way to go, fools. This is an absolute I-Told-You-So moment.
Cut them off entirely. No more transfers into the PA or Gaza. No more international welfare for Arab murderers. Let the Palis work or starve. When they have that choice they will have to work to feed themselves, and will have no time for terrorism. That is the only chance to put a stop to Arab terrorism against Israel without a bloodbath.
And if they prefer to starve, that’s up to them. After the vicious and murderous way the Palestinian Arabs have acted, and the bad faith they have shown, over the last 15 years, my attitude is: It’s no scales off my sitzplatz. Anyway, the last time the US went in to feed starving Musims, in Somalia, we got shot at. No more charity for them.