Thursday November 11, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just promised the Palestinians another $150 million dollars.

On Wednesday Clinton had a video conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salem Fayed. In the conversation Fayed explained how the Palestinians are expanding services and making preparations for statehood.

She then promised to help out and give them $150 million.

The US is deeply involved in resurrecting face to face direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Both Obama and Clinton have expressed disappointment in Israel for announcing that 1300 new apartments will be built in Jerusalem.

The United States wants the moratorium on building to become the new status quo because that's the way the Palestinians want it, the Palestinians want to stop all building.

A new status quo should be the objective of the negotiations, not the pre-condition.

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