'Abbas would give up US aid to reconcile with Hamas'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
28/03/2011
Adviser to PA president says "Palestinians need American money, but if they use it as a way of pressuring us, we are ready to relinquish that aid"; Abbas asks PLO to convene Constitution Committee.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to give up hundreds of millions of dollars of US aid if that is what is necessary to forge a reconciliation deal with Hamas, the Associated Press quoted his adviser as saying on Monday.
Azzam Ahmed stated that "the Palestinians need American money, but if they use it as a way of pressuring us, we are ready to relinquish that aid."
How can it be that the Palestinians are ready to give up American aid to stay true to themselves and Israel isn't.
Once again I call on Israel to stop taking American aid which will give Israel great PR in the USA.
The termination of aid would also allow freedom in Israeli actions against Palestinian terrorism.
