Saturday, February 18, 2006
The money is being returned "in the interest of seeing that these funds not potentially make their way into the coffers of a future Palestinian government that might not recognize the right of Israel to exist," McCormack said.
The money was doled out last year for infrastructure projects in Gaza, a move intended to spur the economy in the area after the Israeli withdrawal, McCormack said. Most of the money hasn't been spent and should be returned promptly, he added.
McCormack also said the United States is interested in helping "the most vulnerable among the Palestinian population" through the United Nations or other organizations...
They need to get those highly-politicized Palestinian NGO's (if, indeed, that's who they're talking about) to sign statements renouncing terrorism first -- something they've never been willing to do.
