Post by Jaga on May 2, 2008 22:11:56 GMT -7
I know we have another thread about Israel, but I did not want to disrupt a very interesting discussion there.
Is Israel really the best American friend and a country that want peace?
Just read below how Israel blocks... American help to Palestine to build their security forces... and then demand that Palestine build its security forces before any peace talks would start?!?
How you can do it? This is like learning to swim without a water.
from:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050204001.html?hpid=topnews
West Bank, May 2 -- The first class of Palestinian security officers trained under a multimillion-dollar U.S. program to strengthen the Palestinian Authority is deploying to one of the West Bank's most restive cities without promised supplies of body armor, helmets or even flashlights after Israel blocked a shipment of equipment.
The shortage in U.S.-funded supplies threatens the Palestinian government's ability to provide security in the West Bank, which Israel has made a condition of future withdrawals from the occupied territories. There have also been significant problems with the training, including a final round that one American involved in the program described as "a complete fiasco."
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who arrives in the region this weekend, has said the training program is an essential part of the Bush administration's push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement before it leaves office in January.
But Israel has traditionally viewed Palestinian security forces as potential adversaries, even though this training class is affiliated with the moderate Palestinian government that serves as the Jewish state's counterpart in peace talks. In this case, Israel failed to approve delivery of the requested supplies in time for the deployment, according to senior Palestinian officials.
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Is Israel really the best American friend and a country that want peace?
Just read below how Israel blocks... American help to Palestine to build their security forces... and then demand that Palestine build its security forces before any peace talks would start?!?
How you can do it? This is like learning to swim without a water.
from:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050204001.html?hpid=topnews
West Bank, May 2 -- The first class of Palestinian security officers trained under a multimillion-dollar U.S. program to strengthen the Palestinian Authority is deploying to one of the West Bank's most restive cities without promised supplies of body armor, helmets or even flashlights after Israel blocked a shipment of equipment.
The shortage in U.S.-funded supplies threatens the Palestinian government's ability to provide security in the West Bank, which Israel has made a condition of future withdrawals from the occupied territories. There have also been significant problems with the training, including a final round that one American involved in the program described as "a complete fiasco."
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who arrives in the region this weekend, has said the training program is an essential part of the Bush administration's push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement before it leaves office in January.
But Israel has traditionally viewed Palestinian security forces as potential adversaries, even though this training class is affiliated with the moderate Palestinian government that serves as the Jewish state's counterpart in peace talks. In this case, Israel failed to approve delivery of the requested supplies in time for the deployment, according to senior Palestinian officials.
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