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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10177)	2/23/2006 7:05:04 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

Gus > Actually, what prompted Jordan to protest is the fact that Israel is still toying with the idea of merging Jordan and the West Bank and turn it into a Palestinian state I simply can't believe that Israel would be that stupid -- again. > the deepening Iranian influence in the region and the close ties between Palestinians in the West Bank and Jordan. And Israel made it even closer by trying to be clever. It would have been easier and cheaper if they gave the Palestinians the $50m they owed them and not make a big issue about it. In fact, the threat of withholding the money would have been more powerful than actually doing it. And the US, in true fashion, also shot itself in the foot by withholding its contribution. Some guys never learn. cbsnews.com > Iran offered Wednesday to help finance a Palestinian Authority run by the Hamas militant group, state radio reported. Israel promptly warned the Palestinians that if they accepted Iranian money, they would be aligning themselves with an "international pariah." But acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Hamas is not a strategic threat to the Jewish state, despite the offer from Iran. Israel considers Iran its staunchest enemy and promptly warned the Palestinians against aligning themselves with an international "pariah." But Olmert's comments signaled that Israel will refrain from military action, even as it presses forward with its efforts to isolate Hamas diplomatically. <<