From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

The blockade has only been negative so far....

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467850257&pagename=JPost%2FJPArt
icle%2FShowFull

"Four days before the Quartet is scheduled to meet in Washington and
discuss ways to "reenergize" the road map, a top Russian diplomat
called on Tuesday for the lifting the international blockade of the
Hamas-led Palestinian government, the Interfax news agency reported
Tuesday.

According to the report, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said
Moscow would use the Quartet meeting to urge the lifting of the economic
sanctions on the Palestinian Authority. "Russia has always argued
against the blockade and we expect the Quartet to listen to our view,"
Interfax quoted him as saying. "

"Meanwhile, a report issued by Britain's Parliament on Tuesday said
that the West's isolation of Hamas had caused the group to strengthen its
ties with Iran.

According to the report, the international community had created a
"dangerous situation" in which the Palestinian Authority was not
responsible for its citizens. The report also called the current situation
in the PA "unstable" and warned that the Western nations' refusal
to talk with Hamas could have "negative results," Army Radio
reported."


The blockade has by it's nature reduced western leverage over Hamas to
0....& has also reduced Western leverage over fateh & the
Palestinians in general as now the Western approach wrt Democracy has been
shown to be a hollow sham & no Fateh person could be seen colluding
with the West.

Adam

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