Time for Abbas to Earn His Allowance

Ted Belman of Israpundit has posted the following from Palestinian Media Watch:

PA gets $50m from US, then calls for terror against US soldiers
By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook

Palestinian Authority hatred of the United States is so deeply ingrained in its ideology that it continues to openly promote vicious anti-American hatred - even right after signing a deal to receive $50 million in direct aid from the US.

Radio and television sermons by senior PA religious officials in the past week have presented the US as foremost among the "heretical" countries, and as an enemy trying to dismantle the Islamic world.

In the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, one religious leader called for Iraqis to intensify terrorist uprisings against American soldiers.

The timing of these anti-US sermons is particularly significant - and not just because they come on the heels of the $50-million grant from the US. The PA has received considerable worldwide criticism for the hatred and calls for violence in its official sermons. In recent months, it has been reported that the texts of these sermons are now presented to PA officials for approval before the public broadcasts.

Even accounting for chutzpah, it is hard to understand what in the world these people are thinking -- until you realize that there really is no reason for them not to go around talking like this. Besides the fact that Abbas has not been putting his foot down in the past in reaction to...well...anything--whether you assume it is out of weakness or cleverness--the world at large has simply not reacted to such statements.

True, as Marcus and Crook point out "the PA has received considerable worldwide criticism for the hatred and calls for violence in its official sermons," but then again this is the same world that has for years reacted to Iran's pursuit of the nuclear option with nothing more than 'criticism.' Big deal. Apparently, once they have the money Abbas and company are not worried about words. After all, the main theme continues to be that Abbas must be supported. There has been no chorus for insisting on accountability from Abbas.

It's high time for Abbas to be held accountable.
It's high time that Abbas earn his allowance.

And a good collective spanking for the brats of the Middle East wouldn't hurt either.

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