US Should Cut Off Aid to Palestinian Thieves
by
Jim Kouri, CPP
President George W. Bush has drawn a line in the sand and warned that the
United States might cut off aid to the Palestinians if Hamas does not
dissolve its armed wing and renounce threats against Israel. Part of Hamas'
so-called charter is the total destruction of Israel and so far they have
not backed off from that goal.
"If they don't, we won't deal with them. Aid packages won't go forward,"
Bush said during an exclusive interview with the CBS News' Bob Schieffer.
"That's their decision to make, but we won't be providing help to a
government that wants to destroy our ally and friend. I don't see how you
can be a partner in peace if you don't renounce violent aims," Bush said.
"They've got to get rid of that arm of their party which is armed and
violent, and secondly, they've got to get rid of that part of their
platform that says they want to destroy Israel," Bush warned.
As a result of last Thursday's parliamentary elections Hamas won a
surprising 76 seats out of 132 parliament seats, thereby defeating the
ruling Fatah Party which was once led by the man known as the father of
Palestinian terrorism, Yasser Arafat. The current Fatah is led by
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. Abbas has authorized Hamas to form the
next government. The United States has long pressured Abbas to help in
disarming and dismantling Hamas, but neither occurred.
Each year, the Palestinian Authority is given almost a billion dollars in
aid. The United States alone last year gave them $324 million of US
taxpayer money to people who siphoned off millions of dollars and left
scraps for the Palestinian people living in poverty. Yasser Arafat alone
stole millions of dollars and stashed the money in Swiss bank accounts.
And the world -- including the US -- looked the other way at best, or
winked at Arafat's larceny at worst.
The enormous thievery of the leadership provided these very same
Palestinian leaders with a twofold bonanza: they got to keep millions of
dollars for themselves; and they kept their people in abject poverty while
directing their resentment and hatred towards the Jewish nation and the
United States. For instance, while the late Yasser Arafat's wife lived
like a queen in Paris, babies suffered from malnutrition and disease and
Arafat would tell the parents of these infants that it was Israel's and
the US' fault.
And the US government has always been aware of this scenario, yet each
year the US continues to fork over more than a quarter-billion dollars of
taxpayer money to ingrates, bandits, and Islamofascists.
Meanwhile, the bleeding hearts are urging the President not to discontinue
financial and other aid to the Palestinians, the rationale being that to
do so will cause suffering to innocent people who are not terrorists and
not responsible for the failings and atrocities of their leaders. If only
it were so. The fact of the matter is people are -- and should be -- held
responsible and accountable for the government they elect.
If the Palestinian people bless a terrorist group by giving them a
decisive victory in free and open elections, then Palestinians are
responsible for the actions of those elected leaders. The US and other
nations should withhold financial aid, while Israel unilaterally shores up
its borders and defenses. In essence, give the Palestinian people their
own country.
Chances are a civil war will breakout between the different factions vying
for power. It could develop into a bloodbath, but it would be a bloodbath
of their own making. They can be advised repeatedly that when Hamas and
other terrorist or "militant" groups disarm and cease their threats of
violence against the Jewish people, the faucet to foreign handouts and
other assistance will be turned on once again.
As a sovereign nation, should the Palestinians perpetrate future terrorist
attacks against Israel, those attacks must be considered an act of war.
The Israelis would then declare war and unleash their military on an enemy
who has repeatedly smacked away their hand of peace. Those who advise
Israel to negotiate with whatever government in power in the Palestinian
nation are preaching cowardice. Only a coward would sit and negotiate with
people who are killing members of his family.
There exists today unrest in the Palestinian territory which will probably
escalate in the weeks, if not days, ahead. This melodrama has gone on for
decades and it's about time that the final curtain comes down.
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Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National
Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New Media
Alliance (thenma.org). He's former chief at a New York City housing
project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering
the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public
safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several
major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and
trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri
writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police,
Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer for
TheConservativeVoice.Com. He's also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com,
MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com.
He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and
talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox
News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com.
Kouri's own website is located at
http://jimkouri.us
