Rice doesnt get it.
Providing more humanitarian relief and freer movement across borders are ways the U.S. may be able to help improve the lives of Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that she hopes to revitalize and expand agreements made last year to help people and goods move with fewer restrictions across the borders with Israel and Egypt. Although she said she would like to increase resources for humanitarian relief, Rice made no specific pledge of U.S. aid.
$245 million so far this year.
"Those are the kinds of on-the-ground things that make it easier for the Palestinian people," Rice said.
Make it hard enough so they leave for Egypt or Jordan. Better yet, deport them to Syria.
A senior State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because Rice's discussion with Abbas was private, said the United States supports an expansion of Abbas' security force, the presidential guard, as part of a multimillion-dollar plan to strengthen and streamline overlapping Palestinian security forces.
More gun and ammo aid. Do try to keep Stingers out of their hands.
Abbas is trying to resolve a nine-month political stalemate with Hamas radicals who control part of the Palestinian government. At the same time, the United States has been trying to prompt Arab countries to increase their financial support for the Palestinians. |