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'New' PA: But we DO recognize Israel


By Stan Goodenough
March 18, 2007

The reconstituted, but still Hamas-led, Palestinian Authority went right to work at the weekend to spin further webs of deceit in an effort to hoodwink the international community into lifting their sanctions against the PA.

But we do recognize Israel. The very fact that we have agreed to respect past agreements signed between Israel and the PLO proves that we do, two "ministers" argued, according to a Sunday morning report in The Jerusalem Post.

The program of the "new" PA was "very moderate," cajoled so-called foreign minister Ziad Abu Amr, insisting that it "addresses every single condition of the Quartet."

"There is no reason whatsoever for any country, after this political program is embraced by the new Palestinian [sic] government, to continue with the boycott."

While the PA's protestations are so transparent as to be laughable, there is concern in Israeli circles that the EU, Russia and the UN, the three of the four Quartet members most ready to go along with the Arab game, will be open to persuasion.

The Quartet's conditions include the PA's explicit recognition of the Jewish State of Israel, and its renunciation of violence and terrorism.

In the Fatah-Hamas talks leading up to the establishment of the new PA, Hamas argued - and Fatah agreed - that it simply was not politically viable for Hamas to recognize Israel, and that the Islamist terror group (at least) must be permitted to pursue the use of, and support all forms of "resistance."

These include "suicide" bombings and any other form of terrorism the Arab side chooses to use.

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