Israel denounces US for accepting Abbas’s Hamas-backed government
Source: ToI
Jerusalem on Monday night slammed the United States for announcing that it will work with the new Palestinian unity government, sworn in earlier Monday. In strikingly bitter comments, officials said that rather than cooperating with a government backed by a terror group, Washington ought to be urging Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to disband his pact with Hamas and resume peace negotiations with Israel.
We are deeply disappointed by the comments of the State Department regarding working with the Palestinian unity government. This Palestinian government is a government backed by Hamas, which is a terror organization committed to Israels destruction, Israeli government officials said. If the US administration wanted to advance peace, it should be calling on Abbas to end his pact with Hamas and return to peace talks with Israel, they added. Instead, it is enabling Abbas to believe that it is acceptable to form a government with a terrorist organization.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office and the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem declined to comment on the record. Earlier Monday, Israels senior ministers decided to boycott the new government, since it is backed by Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by Israel and the US.
Earlier on Monday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the US believes Abbas has formed an interim technocratic government
that does not include members affiliated with Hamas. Therefore, she added, With what we know now, we will work with this government.
Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-denounces-us-for-accepting-abbass-hamas-backed-government/
ProgressiveJarhead
(172 posts)I am sure that "Israel" as a whole doesn't denounce this. They fucked up in '48 by not taking statehood. Let them do it now. What is the issue here? Yes, some of them talk a great deal of shit,but put it on them and give them their own state. This can't drag on forever. Give these people self-governance and welcome them to the club. The "administered" territories became the "occupied" territories after '67. Give them self determination and wish them luck.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)time and time again. To show how much they love us.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)marble falls
(57,102 posts)elleng
(130,966 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I mean, really. How long does Israel think it can drag out that charade?
And what's with this repeated bit, "backed by Hamas"? Isn't this "unity government" also backed by Fatah? Like, isn't this something both Fatah and Hamas are backing together?
The language of propaganda - so absurdly blatant.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)It seems as if he asks only one question whenever a decision must be made, namely 'Which course will most discredit Israel and alienate people who are not ultra-Zionists from any affinity with Israel?' Once he has determined which of the possible courses will most discredit Israel and alienate others, it is the course he chooses.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)during the terrible apartheid years? I know the US supported South Africa, and I denounced my own government at the time. I just did not realize that Israel, of all people, supported those right wing racist sobs. I feel so disillusioned.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/07/southafrica.israel
bemildred
(90,061 posts)35 countries where the U.S. has supported fascists, drug lords and terrorists:
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/08/35_countries_the_u_s_has_backed_international_crime_partner/
The truth about Israel, Iran and 1980s U.S. arms deals
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/the-truth-about-israel-iran-and-1980s-u-s-arms-deals-1.326987
THE THIRD TEMPLE'S HOLY OF HOLIES: ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)1000words
(7,051 posts)Alex P Notkeaton
(309 posts)B
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vkkv
(3,384 posts)Sounds like that.
The Oppressed have become the Oppressors.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)eom