Buried deep in an article about the upcoming terrorist elections is this interesting fact:
Abbas, meanwhile, is touring Gulf states, trying to raise money to make up a serious budget shortfall. The appeal to the Arab nations followed a decision by Western donors to freeze funding until the Palestinians carry out promised reforms.
“We are in desperate need of Arab aid,” said Salam Fayyad, who recently stepped down as finance minister in order to run for parliament.
Fayyad said international aid has helped cover about one-third of a $1 billion deficit in the 2005 budget, but Arab states have not fulfilled their pledges.
In other words, screw the reforms, we’ll find money elsewhere.
How long is the world going to pretend not to see the writing on the wall? The PA is part and parcel of the terrorist war against Israel. The elections are a sham, the negotiations are a sham, the crap about a separate state living side by side with Israel is a sham.
You can see by the ongoing chaos in Gaza that the palestinians are not interested in government. They are interested in one thing only: The destruction of Israel, and its replacement with an Islamic state. If they kill or drive off most of the Jews, so much the better in their eyes.