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EU cabes to Palestinian demands
by EU spineless and gutless
Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2009/06/eu-drops-quartet-requirements-on-hamas.html
Apparently led by France, the European Union has dropped the Quartet's three conditions for discussions with Hamas (recognition of Israel, renunciation of terrorism and adoption of PLO agreements with Israel) in the hope that it will help the terror organization to reach agreement with the 'good terrorists' of Fatah.
Instead, the statement said the foreign ministers expressed "continued encouragement for inter-Palestinian reconciliation behind [Palestinian Authority] President Mahmoud Abbas and support for the mediation efforts by Egypt and the Arab League."
The foreign ministers called "on all Palestinians to find common ground, based on nonviolence, in order to facilitate reconstruction in Gaza and the organization of elections."
The move to keep the three conditions out of the resolutions comes amid mounting concern in Jerusalem that Europe is slowly moving away from the three conditions on Hamas, which have been adopted both by the Quartet and the UN Security Council.
According to diplomatic sources, the French were trying to give Hamas "a way out," and felt that if the conditions were not always mentioned every statement, it might give the Islamist organization a chance to soften its positions and perhaps give a boost to Egyptian-brokered talks between Fatah and Hamas.
This should not come as a surprise to anyone. The Europeans - and especially the French - have been looking for an excuse to talk to Hamas since Day One (recall this and this), and unfortunately, the current American administration is inclined to think like the Europeans in this regard. It's only a matter of time until the Obumbler decides that it's okay if he decides to talk to Hamas.
America used to be a superpower. Now it just follows along like a middling international player. Middling international players talk to terror organizations because they view the world in shades of gray and don't understand that sometimes there is black and sometimes there is white.
israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2009/06/eu-drops-quartet-requirements-on-hamas.html
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