Wednesday January 24, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

I took a peak at the Hamas led Palestinian Authority budget for 2007.
The 2007 budget is much larger than the 2006 Palestinian government budget.
The 2007 budget has significant increases in allocations.

How is that possible - isn't there an embargo against the Hamas led government?

There is.

Isn't the United States stopping all money from entering the PA?
They are - all except the money sent to Abbas by the United States and Israel.

This is how it is possible:

An embargo is not really an embargo and Hamas is getting money especially from the Gulf States.

And the United States and Israel are trying to bolster Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas.

How will this all resolve itself? No one knows.

But there is one thing for certain: Both Abbas and Hamas are coming into money and more money means more guns.

Bank on it.