Peace talks. Again.

Av • 2006-12-24 • Kategoriserat under: Israel, Judeen, Samarien, Gaza - Palestinska Myndigheten

As two Qassam-rockets falls in the Negev, PM Olmert issues a statement that peace talks will be resumed with PA chairman Abbas.

This might very well be a good thing for both parties. Renewed talks could very well be a first step in breaking the vicious circle of violence but I doubt it will be much more than that. The facts that talks are held now is of course a matter of strengthening the more moderate Al Fatah-side opposing Hamas as the two wage a fully fledged civil war. Long term, civil war in the territories are bad for Israel and short term they’re even bad for the US, which of cource presses Israel to resumed talks.

Apparently, an initial step is the release of $100 million in frozen taxes to Abbas rather than to the palestinian led government. I can tell you right away that this money wont go to neither medicine nor food but rather to weapons to fight Hamas.

Haaretz has written more on the talks.

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Haaretz: Olmert plans to hold additional talks with Abbas in the future

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  1. Mike Kushner 2006-12-24 11:18:

    “Apparently, an initial step is the release of $100 million in frozen taxes to Abbas rather than to the palestinian led government. I can tell you right away that this money wont go to neither medicine nor food but rather to weapons to fight Hamas.”

    Probably. That Olmert is doing everything to strengthen Abbas political position is obvious, though sadly in the context I’m not sure if he is doing the right thing. Although Fatah do have the distinct advantage of not seeking Israel’s destruction, the last few days of palestinian infighting just proves that Fatah (and associated militias) aren’t much better on the democratic scale than Hamas.
    Still, you can come a long way with an enlightened despot, just look at Jordan.

  2. observer 2006-12-25 15:49:

    Mike! How does the infigthing between Hamas and Fatah prove that Fatah does not have an democratic agenda, or may be amenable to influences from democratic societies? In my view The Sharialaw devoted Hamas is definitely outside the spectrum of democracy, but I´m not quite sure about Fatah.

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