Palestinian PM wants to work with Israel

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June 28, 2007
Palestinian PM wants to work with Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- The new Palestinian government is seeking "intensive and active cooperation" with Israel to ensure that the chaos that recently gripped Gaza does not re-emerge in the West Bank, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CNN on Thursday.

"We have sent that message , and we are waiting to get started with this," Fayyad said in his first interview with a Western network since he was appointed to the post more than a week ago.

Fayyad rejected the notion that his stance on dealing with Israel might be seen by some Palestinians as collaborating with the occupying force in the West Bank.

"I have thick skin when it comes to these characterizations," he said. "They don't matter in the least; it doesn't concern me.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/28/palestinian.pm/index.html

[azurnoir]

1. Mr Fayyad want to work with Israel????

Like Mr Jaafari wants to work with the US? There is really no workable alternative, not if the money is to keep flowing.

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2. Fayyad is practical, and he wants to get things moving along.

"Simple, basic question: Are we better off now than we were then? Then, the situation was not great, but guess what it is like today? It's catastrophic."


With his business sense, no-nonsense style, straight talk, etc., he just might pull it off.

[azurnoir]

3. Practical????

That is a way of putting it, then I would guess Augusto Pinochet was also practical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinoche

I wonder if Condi told Bush "we didn't do it, but we helped"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende

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5. Except in this case

Hamas are the fascists.

Haniyeh is more similar to Pinochet while Abbas is more like Allende (if you want to use that analogy)

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6. It's hard to think of worse comparisons.

With what human rights abuses is Fayyad associated?

[azurnoir]

8. At this point none

he's been in power for a week.

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9. Let's hope it stays that way.

[azurnoir]

10. Thanks

that is what I meant with Pinochet we have 35 years of hindsight.

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11. I am hoping Fayyad's appointment turns out well for everyone.

And you're welcomed.

[azurnoir]

4. Must add

My negativity about this not support Hamas rather then dismay at this countries habit of playing G-d with 3rd world countries, what was done by training and armimg Fatah was little different then what was done in Chile and countless other countries, the results for the peoples of those countries are usually disastrous, whether your killed by a leftist, communist, secularist religious fanatic, right wing extremist, what ever the sides are calling themselves this time doesn't matter your still dead.

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7. Was there anything Fayyad said in the article with which you disagree?

[razzleberry]

12. Fayyad --> stooge .n/t