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U.S. To Pledge $900 Million To Gaza

by WrathofG-d ( 19 Comments › )
Filed under Democratic Party, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinians, Politics, United Nations at February 23rd, 2009 - 5:55 pm

Hey, why not…..its not like we are in a recession, a deficit, or anything like that….and besides what could go wrong with giving millions of dollars to Gaza?

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‘U.S. plans to pledge $900 million for Gaza’

Hillary Clinton In A Headscarf With Yassir ArafatThe United States plans to pledge more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel’s offensive against Hamas and strengthen the Palestinian Authority, a U.S. official said on Monday.

The money will be channeled through UN and other bodies and will not be distributed via the militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to make the announcement next week at a Gaza donors conference in Egypt.

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Clinton’s bid to get the $900 million could face an uphill battle in Congress where requests for Gaza will likely meet resistance as Hamas continues to rule there and the U.S. focus is on its own souring economy.

In December, the former Bush administration said it would give $85 million to the United Nations agency giving aid to Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Hamas is labeled a terrorist group by the United States and money must be channeled through UN bodies or the Palestinian Authority run by President Mahmoud Abbas.

The United States wants Abbas’ PA to play a central role in the reconstruction effort in Gaza, hoping this will increase its influence in the Hamas stronghold. Washington is also putting pressure on other donors to bolster the Palestinian Authority. Hamas ousted Fatah from Gaza in a bloody 2007 coup.

“We call on donor countries to focus their pledges to meet the Palestinian Authority’s priorities, including budget support, and on projects that can be funded through the Palestinian Authority and other existing, trusted mechanisms,” said the State Department official.

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UNWRA: The Lords Of Misery

by WrathofG-d ( 5 Comments › )
Filed under Islamists, Israel, Palestinians, United Nations at February 5th, 2009 - 1:17 pm

UNRWA perpetuates “Palestinian-Arab” refugee status, and promotes Terrorism for its own benefit.  It should come as now surprise but this UN collusion with Terrorism is being paid for solely by The West.

(Thank You: Israel Matsav)

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In other UNRWA news….

Israel slams UN ‘provocation’ at Erez

From Jpost

UNRWA LogoThe office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories slammed UNRWA on Monday and accused the United Nations organization of creating a provocation at the Kerem Shalom crossing by bringing trucks to it carrying supplies that had not been approved by Israel for entry into the Gaza Strip.

On Monday, the Kerem Shalom crossing was opened for the delivery of humanitarian supplies to Gaza, including some 50 trucks with supplies provided by UNRWA. The night before, UNRWA had asked the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration to permit the transfer of paper and plastic bags to Gaza, and had been told the request was under consideration.

Despite not having received approval, UNRWA, COGAT officials said, drove several trucks carrying the supplies from Jerusalem to the crossing and coordinated their arrival with several media outlets, which filmed the trucks being turned away.

COGAT Spokesman Maj. Peter Lerner called the incident a “regretful provocation” by the UNRWA spokesman’s office and added that while Israel may eventually approve the transfer of office supplies to Gaza, it was currently focusing on humanitarian aid.

“UNRWA receives preferential treatment at the crossings, and today alone 50 of its trucks were allowed in,” Lerner said.

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And the winner is… nobody.

by Kafir ( 3 Comments › )
Filed under Hamas, Israel at January 28th, 2009 - 8:12 am

May: And the winner of the Battle of Gaza is …

What took place in Gaza and Israel over the past three weeks was not a war – it was one battle in a war. Or, to be more precise, it was one battle in what the soldier/scholar John Nagl has described as a “global insurgency” aimed at overthrowing the existing order, what we used to call -in a more confident era – the Free World.

“Yes, Allah is greater than America.” Hamas supreme leader Khaled Mashaal said on al-Jazeera television a few years ago. “Allah is greater than the superpowers. We say to this West: By Allah you will be defeated.”

Too many people refuse to understand: Hamas is not fighting for a Palestinian state. Hamas is fighting for the annihilation of Israel, which it would replace with an Islamic emirate. Not the same thing at all.

Read the rest here.

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U.S. Navy Intercepts Iranian Weapons Headed To Hamas

by WrathofG-d ( 14 Comments › )
Filed under Iran, Military at January 26th, 2009 - 10:33 am

Despite their public proclomations that their children are “impoverished” and starving, Hamas still seems to be spending all their available funds on weapons which they are getting from Iran.

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us-navy-2U.S. Navy intercepts Iranian arms vessel

(c/o: World Net Daily)

“HERZLIYA, Israel – The U.S. Navy is conducting covert operations aimed at intercepting Iranian ships carrying weapons to rearm Hamas in the Gaza Strip, informed defense officials told WND.

The setup, which has already halted a vessel carrying Iranian munitions in recent days, acts on intelligence information provided by Israel, Egypt and Cyprus, the defense officials said.

The U.S. Navy refused to comment, but informed sources said the U.S. last week intercepted an Iranian-owned vessel found to be carrying weapons, including rockets, mortar and artillery shells. It is suspected the ship was attempting to reach the Egyptian Sinai area. If successful, the delivery would have represented a major escalation by providing Hamas with artillery, something the terrorist organization is not thought to possess.”

“The new naval patrols and U.S. presence along the Gaza border comes in line with a memorandum of understanding signed between Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The deal aims to curb Hamas rearmament and also includes patrols of the Persian Gulf, Sudan, and neighboring states.

One of Israel’s main goals for its offensive was to halt Hamas’ ability to smuggle weapons across the Egypt-Gaza border.

Israel is negotiating an international monitoring mechanism it hopes will stop Hamas from smuggling weapons from neighboring Egypt into Gaza. But previous international monitors stationed along the Egypt-Gaza border fled their duty and repeatedly failed to stem Hamas’ weapons smuggling.

The monitors were stationed at the border following Israel’s 2005 evacuation of the Gaza Strip.”

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I hope that Obama, and the Israeli Government remember that last part.

(Thank You:  Revparadigm)

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