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Palestinians Name Pro-Syrian Foe of Peace With
Israel as Deputy to Abbas
Amid a period of nearly unprecedented internal Palestinian violence, the decision to reach out to Qaddoumi, a pro-Syrian foe of talking to Israel, appears to be a step to try to shore up support for the flagging regime of Dr. Abbas and his prime minister, Ahmad Qreia. "Prime Minister Ahmad Qreia said today that the most important task for the PA right now is internal security and establishing the sovereignty of law inside Palestinian lands," declared Palestinian television in its opening news item Friday. "The anarchy has to stop," declared Qreia, shown speaking on official Palestinian Authority television. The large-scale violence in Gaza and the West Bank has come to include large-scale daylight and night-time attacks on innocent civilians as well as officials of the Palestinian Authority, including:
The state-controlled Palestinian media did not report that Qreia and his entourage were actually shot at during a visit in Nablus two days ago, but footage of the incident was shown on Israeli television, and Israelis viewers saw Qreia actually cringe slightly as the sound of a bullet interrupted his speech. The incident was also reported in the Palestinian printed press. At the same time, Palestinian leader Abbas has kept a low profile, and he did not even participate with Qreia in a press conference following his meeting this week with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. There is widespread Palestinian speculation that Abbas is weakening physically and emotionally, following his angioplasty surgery this month. Dr. Michael Widlanski is a specialist in Arab politics and communication whose doctorate dealt with the Palestinian broadcast media. He is a former reporter, correspondent and editor, respectively, at The New York Times, The Cox Newspapers-Atlanta Constitution, and The Jerusalem Post. He has also served as a special advisor to Israeli delegations to peace talks in 1991-1992 and as Strategic Affairs Advisor to the Ministry of Public Security, editing secret PLO Archives captured in Jerusalem
Why Does the US Government Not
Examine the Curriculum of the Palestinian Authority Before
Launching Campaign to Finance the PA Schools? Our news agency has asked the US Embassy in Tel Aviv as to why it was providing funds to the Palestinian Authority school system, coinsidering the nature of the curriculum, as translated at www.edume.org The answer from the US Embassy was that this was an issue for US AID and not a matter for the US State Department. US AID has not examined the curriculum. When asked as to why, US AID indicated that this was a State Department issue. At a time when the US is about to facilitate funds for the PA schools from nations around the world, the question remains: Why does the US government not examine the curriculum of the PA, which speaks for itself.
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