Signs of Panic in Palestine?
The AP is reporting that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the EU to "Give peace a chance" by resuming aid to the bloodthirsty terrorist organization Hamas that now controlls the Palestinian government. He threatens "dire consequences." Shouldn't it be obvious to the Palestinian people that if you vote a terrorist organization into power that the consequences might be dire?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed Tuesday for the European Union to give the Hamas-led government a "chance to adapt" to international requirements and not cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority.

"Stopping assistance to the Palestinian Authority, cutting aid, will exacerbate the deteriorating economic and social situation," Abbas told the European Parliament.

Abbas said the cuts had left the Palestinians facing a "humanitarian catastrophe."

"I would like the mechanism approved ... last week implemented as soon as possible so we can avoid this catastrophe," Abbas told a news conference after the speech.

Abbas said he hoped to start a "national dialogue" in the next few days that could lead the Hamas government "to amend its platform" and conform with commitments to the peace process made by the previous Palestinian administration.

"Our approach needs the support of the international community," Abbas told the EU assembly. "The new government must be given the given the chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community."

- posted by Base10 @ 12:44 PM