Palestinian PM offers to resign

[DoYouEverWonder]

10 November 2006

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of the ruling Hamas group has said he is willing to resign if this will end a Western aid boycott.

His comments came after talks on a unity government with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Sanctions were imposed this year by Israel and Western countries, which see Hamas as a terrorist organisation.

"If we have to choose between the siege and myself, we must lift the siege and end the suffering," Mr Haniya said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6136682.stm

[wholetruth00]

1. Good move. Puts the ball back in the real terrorist's camp.

How many more duly elected leaders of other nations' governments are we going to refuse to recognize and sanction in the name of democracy?

[Behind the Aegis]

2. .

:eyes:

Yeah, the Israelis are the "real" terrorists? :puke:

[mom cat]

4. After what they did to Lebanon, YES!

[Behind the Aegis]

3. How about this...

...instead of resigning, why not be a real leader? Recognize Israel, demand that Kassams stop being fired into Israel and round up those doing it and prosecute them, and work with Abbas at creating a unity government that will function for the Palestinian people instead of just being an "opposition" group to Israel. His stepping down will not free up the Western money. Those conditions have been set, his resignation was not one of the conditions.