 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz accepted recommendations from defense officials to allow for the transfer a limited amount of weapons and ammunition to the Palestinian Authority's presidential guard in light of growing threats to Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' life. | "Giggle, no, really? You think they'll fall for it? Ok, lets do it." |
Olmert and Peretz reached the decision prior to the prime minister's departure for the United States earlier this week, Channel 2 reported Thursday.
Senior defense sources said Thursday that the arms will be delivered to the guard by way of a third-party state (all indications are either Egypt or Jordan) solely for the purposes of protecting Abbas. The move is seen as a response to the continued strengthening of Islamic organizations, which have managed to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip. | This will be better than Joe Gibbs giving out free handguns at an Eagles - Giants game |
Last week, Haaretz reported that the Islamic Jihad has formulated a plan to assassinate the PA chairman. | "Did you hear? Abbas is a zionist stooge. They're even arming him. Pass it on" |
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