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OK, does anyone else have a problem with this? You should. Let me explain:
Last week we posted about weapons, purchased with aid money to the so-call “moderate” Fatah organization, falling to the hands of the radical “kill all Israelis” group, Hamas.
This week, as things continue to get crazier and crazier in the region of the world, we have Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, agreeing to release more aid funds to Fatah. At the same time, we have Mahmoud Zahar, a founder of Hamas, thanking the U.S. for cost of bullets, down from 3.50 Euros, to 35 cents per bullet.
Is there any doubt that anything given to the terrorist of Fatah will eventually end up in the hands of the even worse terrorist of Hamas? Not in my mind.
Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs had this to say:

It doesn’t matter how many times the strategy of arming Fatah to fight Hamas has failed. It doesn’t matter that Mahmoud Abbas openly stated, many times, that he would never act against Hamas. It doesn’t matter that Fatah “security” men turned tail and ran when Hamas staged their coup. And it doesn’t matter that Hamas is openly bragging that any aid money that goes to Fatah will end up in their hands.

It apparently doesn’t even matter that Fatah is still, on this very day, trying to murder random Israeli civilians: Fatah faction, Islamic Jihad claim Kassam attack.

A Fatah faction and the Islamic Jihad both claimed responsibility for Sunday morning’s Kassam rocket attack on Sderot, which damaged a home and left three people lightly wounded.

Ehud Olmert is going to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars to the terrorists: Israel agrees to release funds to Abbas.

It doesn’t take a genus to figure out what is going to happen here. It defies logic why Israel is putting themselves in an indefensible position. I understand why they are doing it, from a prophesy standpoint, but it still makes me sad for them.

Israel agrees to release funds to Abbas

JERUSALEM - Israel agreed Sunday to begin releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a gesture to bolster the moderate Palestinian leader in his standoff against the Islamic militant group Hamas.

The decision came a day before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads to Egypt for a high-profile summit with Abbas, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Jordanian King Abdullah II.

The gathering is meant to give Abbas a high-profile display of support against Hamas, which violently seized control of the Gaza Strip in a bloody rout of Abbas’ Fatah movement earlier this month.

But Olmert cautioned against high expectations for the summit.

“We have an interest in having this meeting, but I don’t want anyone to think we’re on the brink of a dramatic breakthrough,” Olmert told his Cabinet, according to a meeting participant.

Abbas, however, said he received U.S. and Israeli assurances that Israel was ready to make progress at the summit. The Palestinian president, who met with King Abdullah II in Jordan, said he would ask Israel to free Palestinian prisoners, in addition to easing restrictions at crossing points and releasing the tax money, the official Jordanian news agency Petra reported.

Ismail Haniyeh, the deposed Palestinian prime minister, dismissed the summit as a “mirage,” saying resistance was the only hope for Palestinians.

“The Americans won’t give anything. Israel won’t give us anything. Our land, our nation will not come back to us except with steadfastness and resistance,” a code word for attacks against Israel, he said in Gaza.

The Palestinian infighting has left the Palestinians with two governments — Abbas’ new Cabinet in the West Bank, and the Hamas rulers in Gaza. Israel and moderate Arab leaders have joined to support Abbas and isolate Hamas, a radical group pledged to Israel’s destruction.

‘We Will Try to Form an Islamic Society’

Mahmoud Zahar — a founder of Hamas, and one of its most militant hardliners — has called for an Islamic state in the Gaza Strip. After the Hamas takeover of the territory last week, he’s also threatened Fatah with more violence in the West Bank.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Last week there were street battles in the West Bank between Fatah and Hamas militias. Fatah maintained the upper hand. How will Hamas loyalists defend themselves in the event of any new fighting?

Zahar: Let me ask you: How have we defended ourselves so far against the Israeli occupation?

SPIEGEL ONLINE: With bombs and attacks?

Zahar: Exactly. But you said that, not me.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: The split between Hamas and Fatah has never been wider. Are you still in contact with one another?

Zahar: Yes, we speak to each other. But we’re looking for the true Fatah so its members can take part in our new organization and plans for the future. The true, pure Fatah is the real loser (in this conflict) because its party in the West Bank is collaborating with Israel. In Gaza we have beaten those elements that collaborate with Israel. We have beaten everyone who represented an obstacle — the ones who wanted to keep us from defending ourselves.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: The militant wings of Fatah and Hamas have been fully armed over the last few months. Are these weapons still in circulation?

Zahar: There are naturally very many weapons around now. Two years ago, one bullet in Gaza cost around €3.50 — now it would cost 35 cents. The American aid money has been translated into weapons. Thank you, America!

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Isn’t such a large number of weapons in the hands of militias — some controllable, some not — a huge security risk? What would happen if splinter groups started to shoot at each other?

Zahar: So far we haven’t confiscated any weapons. If there are problems with splinter groups, we will disarm them and take the weapons for ourselves.

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