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China & The Palestinians
By Micah Halpern

Saturday June 3, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Now that the Sino- Arab Cooperation Forum hosted by China is over we can see who really has influence over Hamas. NOBODY.

We always knew that Hamas has no respect for the United States, now it is clear that China - the one last hope, is also powerless when it comes to Hamas.

The Chinese told Hamas that they should embrace the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, a framework composed in 2002 that suggests two side-by-side states. The Hamas response came in an interview that Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud al Zahar gave to AP. Even though China embraces the plan, al Zahar said the plan was a waste of time and impractical.

Mahmoud Abbas is pushing for a referendum. The June 6th deadline is fast approaching.
The Hamas foreign minister has called the referendum a waste of money. He says that the Palestinians just held an election, so why do they need a referendum?!

Bottom line, al Zahar is correct on both counts.
The Arab initiative is impractical, it shows no flexibility on the '67 borders.
A referendum would result in new elections and Hamas would be ousted.

It very rarely happens, but his time, I have to agree with Hamas.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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