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August 20, 2007
EU Cuts Lights to Gaza
Gaza Strip - Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents were forced to make do without electricity Monday as the coastal strip's power supply became the latest victim of feuding between Gaza's Hamas rulers and their Fatah rivals.
European donors stopped paying key electricity aid over the weekend, concerned that Hamas is siphoning off revenues. As Fatah and Hamas traded charges of corruption, at least half of Gaza's 1.4 million people were plunged into darkness.
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A few observations:
1. I'm shocked, just shocked that Hamas, a terrorist gang are also, get this, corrupt.
2. Where is the money going? To buy arms to kill Jews in Israel and Americans in Iraq. And let's not forget Lebanon. Hamas are anxious to destabilize the Beirut government and help Hizbullah sieze power. You can also be sure that money is also flowing into Judea and Samaria in preparation for an eventual Hamas blood-bath with Fatah.
3. Hamas, like Fatah, don't give a damn about the ordinary so-called Palestinian people. They care about killing Jews, destroying the State of Israel. They view the ordinary Arab as nothing more than a prop in a series of battles designed to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
4. If the EU are refusing to turn money over to Hamas, you can bet your bottom dollar that Hama's corruption is, um, epic. I mean we're talking about the EU; these are people who think that Jew-killing is a legitimate multi-cultural activity.
5. Imagine if it was Israel who turned out the out the lights in Gaza; Steven Erlanger would be writing a long, outraged front page story for the New York Times. Instead, we have a vast silence from America and Europe.
6. I wonder why.
7. Personally, I'd love it if someone would accuse the EU of Islamophobia. That would just crack me up.
8. Time for the Greenies in America to open up shop in Gaza, teach 'em the virtues of solar power. Sit-com pitch: Larry David's soon to be ex, jets — private, naturally — to Gaza and teaches the natives how to get along without electricity. Low carbon footprints and all that. As TV Guide says: “Hilarity ensues.”
9. The rockets will continue bombing Israel. You know why? Because the workshops the terrorists maintain have their own generators. No, they do not share them with ordinary families who need to eat. Are you kidding?
10. I guarantee Hamas will make all sorts of solemn pledges to some dopey Norwegian EU rep. He'll go: "Ja, Ja." and the lights in Gaza will get switched back on. Hamas will laugh because it's so darned easy pulling the wool over the eyes of the gullible kaffirs.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at August 20, 2007 04:10 PM
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I have to say, I am really impressed that the EU would cut off funding to any Palestinian group for any reason. I am impressed that it didn't take public pressure from the US or Jewish groups.
Posted by: Fern at August 20, 2007 07:59 PM
Fern:
Well, I have heard that the information coming to the EU about the Hamas corrption was so appaling that even the dopey Europeans couldn 't turn their backs on the facts.
But don't expect this moratorium to continue for very long. Hamas will make empty promises and the EU will allow the money to flow again, and Hamas will just be more clever with their book keeping.
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at August 20, 2007 10:19 PM
Yeah, but the darkness is killing the Hamas Indoor Honor Killing League, (HIHKL), playoffs right now. As a result all the matches have been postponed for the time being.
Posted by: Jake at August 21, 2007 07:21 AM
Robert--Your analysis turned out to be quite prophetic. I am still impressed that they had the backbone to cut off funding, even if only for a day. I have so little respect for the EU and European values that anything they do right impresses me.
Jake--I know you know this, but you're a really funny guy. :-)
Posted by: Fern at August 21, 2007 08:58 PM
Fern:
Thanks so much for the kind words.
I'd be more impressed with the EU if they stopped enabling Hamas. Let's keep in mind that the money they are giving them is not being used for humanitarian purposes, but to fund terrorist activities. The EU are appeasers.
As for Jake: he is a comedy genius. We adore him.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at August 21, 2007 11:15 PM