Much hoopla has been made of Jimmy Carter’s Op-Ed in The Washington Post Today.
Israel moved yesterday to withhold funds (about $50 million per month) that the Palestinians earn from customs and tax revenue. Perhaps a greater aggravation by the Israelis is their decision to hinder movement of elected Hamas Palestinian Legislative Council members through any of more than a hundred Israeli checkpoints around and throughout the Palestinian territories. This will present significant obstacles to a government’s functioning effectively. Abbas informed me after the election that the Palestinian Authority was $900 million in debt and that he would be unable to meet payrolls during February.
Okay, let’s not forget that the Palestianian people elected this government. This is not a dictatorship in which the people had no say. Secondly, they elected a government that is hell bent on destroying the Jewish State.
Carter wants Israel to give money to Hamas. This is the same as asking American taxpayers to finance al Qaeda.
My hope is that the financial burdens will force Hamas to change. We will see.
re:2… you mean change the mission of wiping Israel from the map? THAT’S THEIR ENTIRE REASON FOR EXISTING, YOU MORON!
Blah, Blah, Blah. Why don’t you three dim-wits get an education?