Quartet tells Palestinians to carry out reforms or lose aid

[Gimel]

By Reuters

Envoys tell PM Qureia they are 'sick and tired' of Palestinian failure to carry out reforms; diplomat says Arafat 'has done nothing.'

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Sapped by years of corruption and disorder as well as Israeli raids, the PA needs foreign help to fill a power vacuum when Israel quits the Gaza Strip next year or if it hopes to revive peace talks with the Jewish state.

But envoys from the United States, United Nations and European Union and Russia told Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia that the world had run out of patience with Arafat's "empty promises" of reform.

"If security reforms are not done, there will be no (more) international support and no funding from the international community," a senior diplomat close to the talks in the West Bank city of Ramallah told Reuters.

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Arafat thinks that with ISM support he can hold on as long as he stays alive, and keep the situation at an impasse. ISM keeps the Palestinians in line, propping up resistance.

[Jim Sagle]

1. The Quartet RAWWWWWWWWWKSSSSSSSS!!!!!! (At least today it does.)

By next week it may SUCCCCCCCCK as before.

Stay tuned.

[IA_Seth]

2. Double Standard

I understand the need for security reforms by the Palestinians.

What I do not understand is why we continue to hand hold Israel in regards to their nuclear program (I say if they won't sign the treaty than aid should stop) and at the same time want the Palestinians to follow through on everything.

I honestly can see Israel's logic in thinking they need nuclear weapons, but why do they hold themselves above international law, and why do we continue to support it?

[Gimel]

4. Wrong thread

There is a post about the current visit of UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohammed ElBaradei to Israel. If not I will start it.

Now there are two articles posted on the discussions generated by this visit:

Here..

and here

[drdon326]

3. "carry out reforms or lose aid"..

THIS time we really mean it....really....we're serious this time.

Arafats gravy train coming to a stop??.....pul-eeze.

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