Condoleeza Rice told U.S. Jews that Palestinian propaganda is working—they’re raising a generation of Palestinians who don’t want peace with Israel. But I don’t think that’s quite the message she was trying to get across.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told an American Jewish audience Tuesday that young Palestinians are losing hope for an agreement with Israel.
“Increasingly, the Palestinians who talk about a two-state solution are my age,” Rice, 53, said in a somber speech to The American Jewish Committee at its 102nd annual meeting.
Insisting that the Bush administration will never yield to dealing with Hamas militants, Rice said, “What you don’t want is that the hopelessness and the vision of the extremists have no counter.”
So it looks like the Palestinan refusal to stop “incitement”—which is another word for raising their children on a steady diet of Jew-hatred in the schools, on TV, and in the homes—is paying big dividends. For the Palestinians, who never truly agreed to live with Israel in the first place.
Qureia said in response that Barak “can say whatever he wants, but the determining factor will be the negotiations and the outcome of the talks.
“On principle, we know what our rights are and will fight for them using all means and ways. We reject any demand, any position, or any Israeli statement regarding territory outside the 1967 borders.”
And that’s just a jumping-off point to the next phase, which is still, in their minds, the elimination of Israel. It’s just that Fatah is a little more subtle about it than Hamas.
And, the administration would have no dealings with Hamas or other Palestinian extremists that war with Israel and refuse to recognize the Jewish state.
“Either you are a political party or a terrorist group,” Rice said. “You cannot be both.”
Yeah, tell that to Fatah. The ones who are boycotting any dignitary that celebrates Israel’s 60th birthday.
Presidents, prime ministers and other dignitaries who attend Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations next month will be shunned by Palestinian leaders if they visit the West Bank.
However, one positive thing came out from Condi: She dissed Jimmah again.
Once again, Rice criticized former President Jimmy Carter for holding talks with Hamas leaders. “I don’t see the point of trying to negotiate with people who are determined to destroy the foundation of peace,” she said.
Look for him to respond petulantly.
There’s some Rice I wouldn’t mind a shortage of.
Uhhh, what’s wrong with what she said here?