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Key Congresswoman: "No Blank Check to PA"

(Jerusalem Post) Hilary Leila Krieger - U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, incoming chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, blasted the Obama administration on Wednesday for giving the Palestinian Authority a "blank check" while pressuring Israel. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post she criticized the current approach to U.S. funding for the PA. "It's a bailout for them which provides no incentives for them to reform. So they know they don't have to do a darn thing - with this administration they will get a blank check." "I think that's the wrong approach, when we're forcing the Israelis to make concessions and we're giving the Palestinians anything they want." "This feeling that Abbas and Fayyad are the good guys...these are folks who have not wanted to be true partners for peace....These guys are moderate when you consider that they're not as extreme as [Hamas], but they're not the epitome of democratic governance or openness or transparency." "It's shameful to make public statements about Israel as if a housing complex is an impediment to peace while the Palestinians' so-called leaders get away with murder."
2010-12-17 08:38:07
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