P.A. Against U.S.

Israel National News ^ | 2/6/2003

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While the Bush administration struggles to make its case in the world against Iraq, the Palestinian Authority continues to incite its people against the United States on precisely this issue. PA Interior Minister Hani al-Hassan declared early this week that U.S. action against Saddam Hussein is part of a scheme by President Bush to control Arab oil: "President George Bush believes that he has to impose the new world order, and drive home the message that there is only one superpower that rules the world and has the right to distribute oil quotas to other countries."

The Zionist Organization of America reports that Al-Hassan further said, "The US is striving to control every drop of [Arab] oil. The war against Iraq is first and foremost aimed at taking control over Iraq's oil and dominating the entire Middle East." Al-Hassan has been made responsible for reforming the PA security forces as a first step towards the implementation of a plan calling for the establishment of a PLO state.

In addition, the ZOA reports, the PA continues to permit mass rallies supporting Saddam Hussein and denouncing America. In a rally in Gaza on February 1, top Arafat advisor Imad Falouji said that the Iraqis and the PA Arabs are together "in one trench facing imperialist and Zionist conspiracies." Falouji referred to the "wise leadership of Saddam and Arafat [that] will thwart all the plots to control the Middle East." ZOA President Morton A. Klein said, "It is incredible that the Bush administration continues to push for creation of a Palestinian Arab state, and continues to give the Palestinian Arabs $150 million each year, when PA officials are openly inciting against America."

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This is news exactly how? These are the same people who celebrated 9/11. Demonstrations throughout the Arab world feature banners saying "Death to America and the Zionist entity." Why should the Palestinians be any different?

What is amazing to me is that the Bush administration keeps insisting that the Saudis and Yemenis are friends and allies, and that a reformed PA can somehow create a peaceful Palestinian state. I sometimes think the administration lives in a different world than I do. At least, unlike the senior George Bush, this President supports Israel steadfastly.