The $150 Million Interview

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas admitted that he believes that violence is the ultimate solution to the Middle East conflict. The admission angered a Congresswoman, and ended up costing the Palestinian Authority $150 Million.

From Israel Matzav:


On February 28, I blogged an interview that 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen (pictured at top left with his friend Valdemert) gave to the Jordanian newspaper al-Dustur:

"At this present juncture, I am opposed to the armed struggle because we can't succeed in it, but maybe in the future things will be different," he said.

The PA president also expressed pride both in himself and his organization, Fatah, for trailblazing the path of resistance.

"I had the honor of firing the first shot in 1965 and of being the one who taught resistance to many in the region and around the world; what it's like; when it is effective and when it isn't effective; its uses, and what serious, authentic and influential resistance is," Abbas said.

"It is common knowledge when and how resistance is detrimental and when it is well timed," he addad. "We (Fatah) had the honor of leading the resistance and we taught resistance to everyone, including Hizbullah, who trained in our military camps."

At least one Congresswoman noticed that interview: Nita Lowey (D-NY). Because of her efforts, that interview may cost Abu Bluff's 'Palestinian Authority' $150 million.

A top congressional appropriator, Foreign Operations Chairman Nita Lowey, said flatly, “President Abbas' recent statements cast doubt on his willingness to take the steps necessary for peace with Israel.”

But Mr. Abbas' comments alone likely would not have sparked this fracas. Just one day after news of the interview shocked key legislators and staffers, who learned of it last Thursday when it was translated into English by watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), the administration sent over its request for $150 million in direct cash assistance to Abbas' PA.

“What were they [administration officials] thinking sending over the request the day after Abbas announces he's open to re-starting terrorism and doesn't really recognize Israel's right to exist?” asked one miffed Hill staffer.



The lesson of the Middle East Conflict is that Islam does not recognize anyone's right to exist.

It isn't just about Israel. The same thing goes on everywhere. Muslims move in, they bring in their relatives, they have children, and when they begin to comprise a large percentage of the population, they begin to agitate for the imposition of Sharia law, which is effectively the establisment of a Muslim state.

Read today's papers. Read the history of the 20th Century. Muslims did this in India, and wound up with the territory now known as Pakistan. They did it in the Phillipines and have now ended up with part of the island of Mindanao. They did it in the Balkans, and have now ended up with the land known as Kosovo.

And, they are doing it in the "Middle East", and their goal is to end up with the land now known as Israel.

If we, as a civilization, do not come to recognize the pattern of the game they are playing, we will eventually lose the territory now known as Europe.

When are we going to realize?

This is not to say that all Muslims want to establish an Islamic state within our borders. The problem is that there representative institutions do. CAIR, the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Britain, and all the other major Muslim organizations have made statements in favor of Sharia at one time or another.

The truth is, there is no Islamic political organization, media outlet, academic institution, or government, of any appreciable size, anywhere in the world, which is moderate.

Here's a question to ask yourself. Where have Muslims lived, other than the United States, where they have not agitated for the imposition of Sharia law?


UPDATE: Mahmoud Abbas' official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper has honored the killer of the eight high school students gunned down this week with the status of Shahid - Holy Islamic Martyr. In so doing, the PA is sending its people a straightforward message of support for the terror murders and the murderer. According to the PA interpretation of Islam, there is no higher status that a human being can achieve today than that of Shahid.