By Stan Goodenough
Dec 27, 2006
US President George W. Bush is resolved to see at least one more policy dream fulfilled in the New Year: The declaration of a Palestinian state with provisional borders on the biblical Land of Israel before the end of 2007.
So reads a report in the Jewish weekly, “Forward,” (December 22), according to which Bush is trying to construct a fresh policy for resolving the intractable Arab-Israeli conflict.
While many believe that the creation of “Palestine” will gravely compromise Israel’s security, America’s payoff would be that, if implemented, this plan “could help generate support for the United States among moderate Arab countries and possibly assist the American efforts to gain stability in Iraq.”
In pursuance of this goal, the Bush administration is also lobbying Congress to give $100 million dollars towards funding “Palestinian” forces loyal to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
The purpose here is to shore up the “moderate” Abbas against the increasingly popular Hamas terror group, which was elected to a majority in the PA a year ago.
As reported elsewhere on Jerusalem Newswire today, shoring up of Arab terrorists the US regards as moderates has cost America the moral high ground and only increased the levels of violence and tension in the Middle East, exposing Israel to even graver dangers than before.