Saturday 25 July 2009

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Saturday, July 25, 2009

 

N. Korean Woman Executed for Distributing Bible

Read about it here.

Friday, July 24, 2009

 

Fatah Vows No Recognition of Israel ... Ever


By Maayana Miskin

Senior members of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah have announced that their group will never recognize Israel, and will continue to call for war against Israel. “Fatah does not recognize Israel's right to exist, nor have we ever asked others to do so,” said senior Fatah member Rafik Natsheh, a close associate of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

Media reports, according to which Fatah has recognized Israel and has called on Hamas to do the same, are false, Natsheh said in an interview with the pan-Arab daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi. “It's all media nonsense. We don't ask other factions to recognize Israel; we ourselves do not recognize Israel,” he said.


Controls PA in Judea and Samaria

Fatah controls the PA in Judea and Samaria, and is the party of Abbas. Unlike the rival breakaway PA led by Hamas in Gaza, the Fatah-led PA has agreed to recognize Israel, although it will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

The PA recognizes Israel because if it did not, it would not be able to “serve the Palestinian people,” Natsheh explained. However, Fatah does not have such constraints.

Not only will Fatah never recognize Israel, but it will never end its call for armed struggle against Israel, he said. “Let those who are deluding themselves hear: this will never happen,” he said.

A second senior Fatah member, Azzam el-Ahmed, agreed that Fatah would not drop its call to wage war on Israel.

Natsheh and Ahmed gave interviews in advance of the Fatah general assembly in early August, in which the organization will meet to discuss its goals and to hold elections. The meeting will be the first in approximately 20 years.

 

Israel Planning for Possible Cutoff of US Military Aid

The Jerusalem Post reports Israel is considering contingency plans for a possible U.S. cutoff of military aid to the Jewish State. Clickhere for the story.

It confirms the China Confidential report of April 17, which said the United States was weighing suspending or reducing military aid as a way of punishing Israel should it preemptively attack Iran over its nuclear program.