From: Ellen K. 

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

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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