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

Ellen K. wrote:
> One point the Palestinians supposedly agreed to was to remove from their
> school textbooks statements designed to foster hatred of Jews.  They
> never complied.
>

& The Israelis are supposed to include the green line in their school
text book maps.

Adam

> On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:26:33 +0000, Ad
>  wrote in message
> :
>
>> Sigh.......
>>
>> http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=18637
>>
>> "The United States said Tuesday it was opposed to a plan for Qatar to
>> pay the salaries of thousands of destitute Palestinian teachers on the
>> grounds it would violate an international financial boycott of the
>> Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
>>
>> US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice could discuss the issue Wednesday
>> during a meeting here with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin
>> Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani, her spokesman, Sean McCormack, said.
>>
>> "We know they made a pledge to pay, and we are talking to
them about all
>> of this and we will follow it up," he told reporters.
>>
>> The emir of the Gulf state offered over the weekend to pay the salaries
>> of some 40,000 education ministry employees worth around 22.5 million
>> dollars per month, the head of the Hamas government, Prime Minister
>> Ismail Haniya, said Sunday after meeting with the Qatari ruler."
>>
>> So the US opposes even others paying Palestinian teachers.
>>
>> Sigh. I mean......read :
>>
>> "We know they made a pledge to pay, and we are talking to
them about all
>> of this and we will follow it up,"
>>
>> & consider....it carries on the "you're not really an
adult, grown up
>> state.....now give daddie the cash so he can decide what to do with
>> it.." which the US has been defaulting to in most of it's
relations with
>> most arab states.
>>
>> Sigh. Disolve the ME Quartet. It's passed it's sell by date & is
>> starting to emit more than a whif of partiality.
>>
>> Adam
>

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