‘Haniyeh: No Future For Israel In Palestine’, meanwhile Obama reinstated financial aid to PA under false pretense

(JPost)Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told an international pro-Palestinian delegation on Friday that there is no future for Israel “on the land of Palestine,” Gaza news portal Al-Resalah reported. 

Haniyeh was speaking at a meeting in Gaza with delegates from several countries including Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. “We must live up to our motto.. .which says, we will not recognize Israel,” the Hamas-affiliate quoted him as saying. 

He reportedly emphasized the importance of the right of return for Palestinian refugees, and lauded the “victory of the Palestinian hunger strikers.” Israel and Palestinian security prisoners signed a deal to end a 28-day hunger strike by the inmates on Monday. According to the terms of the agreement, Palestinian prisoners committed to refrain from dealing with “activities against security” within prison confines. 

In exchange, they will receive benefits from the Prisons Service, including the end of separation from the general prison population, and family visits. 

The Hamas prime minister also thanked the delegation for their efforts, “to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip, and strengthen their steadfastness on their land.” 

The Obama administration justified releasing more than $192 million in financial aid to the Palestinian Authority with false information, according to an Israeli expert who monitors the Palestinian media’s constant promotion of violent, hateful rhetoric. 

The administration quietly reinstated the P.A.’s aid last month after it was frozen by Congress in the wake of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s attempt to declare statehood before the United Nations. The administration also secretly attempted to restore funding to a U.N. cultural agency that unilaterally—and illegally—recognized the “State of Palestine.” 

In explaining the administration’s rationale for reinstating the funds, White House spokesperson Tommy Vietor claimed, “The P.A. has recognized Israel’s right to exist, renounced violence, and accepted previous agreements, including the Roadmap ...” 

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