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March 1, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3607/palestinians-hagel-report

Palestinians to Hagel: "We Don't Need U.S. Troops Here"

(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Palestinians repeated this week their opposition to the idea of deploying a U.S.-led international force in the West Bank and Gaza. "We will not agree to the presence of any foreign forces in our territories," spokesmen for various Palestinian groups said. "Such forces, especially if they are led by the U.S., would be viewed as an occupying power." The Palestinians were commenting on a 2009 report that resurfaced this week, entitled, "A Last Chance for a Two-State Israel-Palestine Agreement," co-authored by then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, who was confirmed this week as U.S. Secretary of Defense, that talks about deploying a "U.S.-led multinational force." Any foreign military intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only complicate matters and pave the way for Muslim fundamentalists from all around the world to fight against the American "infidels" and their Arab "collaborators."

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