Check out this State department missive on the Palestinian Authority - USG Assistance to Gaza
Key Message
- Getting aid and assistance into Gaza and to the people of Gaza remains a priority.
- Hamas needs to let the international community, which wants to help the innocent Palestinian people in Gaza do its work. This means that it should not interfere with humanitarian work.
Hamas and humanitarian? Only the State department gets away with trash like that. Yeah, Hamas is going to step aside. State department asshattery.
- As we have long said, Hamas can be a part of the political process by first accepting the principles outlined by the Quartet: renunciation of violence and terror, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements between the parties.
Lol. Has the State department read the Hamas Charter? The Hamas charter (or covenant), issued in 1988, calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic state in Palestine, in place of Israel and the Palestinian Territories,[54] and the obliteration or nullification of Israel.[55] Specifically, the quotation section that precedes the charter's introduction provides the following quote, attributed to Imam Hassan al-Banna: "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it."[56] The quotation has also been translated as follows: "Israel will be established and will stay established until Islam shall nullify it, as it nullified what was before it."[57] The charter's advocacy of an Islamic state in the territory of the Palestinian territories and Israel is stated as an Islamic religious prophesy arising from Hadith, the oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[58] In this regard, the charter states that "renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing part of the religion; the nationalism of the Islamic Resistance Movement is part of its faith. . ."[59][60]
Back to the asshattery at State:
Q: Provide an update on U.S. humanitarian assistance for Gazans. How much aid has the U.S. provided since Hamas take-over? Does the U.S. believe the embargo against Gaza should be ease? Why? Why not?
- Up to $300 million of the $900 million pledged by the U.S. at the March 2, donors' conference for Gaza recovery is to meet urgent humanitarian needs, including those identified under the UN appeal and to support the PA's plan for Gaza. This is to be provided through USAID for its grantees, and through the Department of State for UN agencies and, the international Committee for the Red Cross.
- Hamas needs to let the international community, which wants to help the innocent Palestinian people in Gaza do its work. This means that it should not interfere with humanitarian work.
As we have long said, Hamas can be part of the political process by first accepting the principles outlined in the Quartet: renunciation of violence and terror, recognition of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements between the parties.
Q: Provide and update on U.S. humanitarian assistance for Gazans. How much aid has the US provided since the Hamas take-over? Does the U.S. believe the embargo against Gaza should be eased? Why? Why not?
Up to $300 million of the $900 million pledged by the U.S. at the March 2 donors conference for Gaza recovery is to meet urgent humanitarian needs, including those identified under the UN appeal and to support the PSA's plan for Gaza. This is to be provided through USAID for its grantees, and the International Committee for the Red Cross.
Hamas needs to let the international community, which wants to help innocent Palestinian people in Gaza do its work. That means it should not interfere with humanitarian work.
OT related:
Probe ties between US NGO, Hamas
Obama's Department of Justice ? Good luck with that.
UPDATE: 6:01 pm Creeping Sharia adds this:
There is the potential for additional funds allocated to the “Middle East” which could end up there as well.
This, despite promises from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that U.S. taxpayer money will not end up in the hands of Hamas terrorists, and would not be approved if funds were used for “recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism”. Clearly our taxes are being used to recognize and promote new generations of Islamic terrorists.
Will the US follow its laws and suspend funding to Abbas?
