According to a report released on Tuesday, 19 Sivan 5773 by a senior aide to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), the PA (Palestinian Authority) has rejected US Secretary of State John Kerry’s fiscal rehabilitation plan. The senior advisor, Mohammad Mustafa, explained “the current political climate is not appropriate for Kerry’s plan to revive the Palestinian economy…”
“We told him that the political element should go side by side with the economic element because part of the establishment of an independent Palestinian state must be an independent economy,” Mustafa told Ma’an.
“The occupation should come to an end, and we should have control over our resources.”
As an example, Mustafa said, Israel does not allow the Palestinian side to extract gas from Gaza’s shores despite a 1999 agreement allowing such extraction.
“We should have control of our resources and border crossings, and we must be allowed to invest in sectors like energy, tourism, and transportation. There can’t be statehood and an economy without a harbor or airport.”
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
-Abba Eban
In other words, Abbas just spurned several billion dollars in aid, which would have immensely enriched the Palestinians, so he can keep his political talking points and continue with an impoverished terror state.
SINAH MIKALKELES ES HASHURAH!