MORE PROOF THAT ABBAS AND FATAH SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED

FROM JIHAD WATCH:

(1) Abbas urges dialogue with Hamas just weeks after US pledges $555 million to strengthen him against jihad group

If you're surprised by this, call me. I've got a very nice deal I can make you on a lovely suspension bridge. "'Peace partner' ready to make nice with Hamas: Weeks after U.S. announced $555 million to bolster Abbas against terror group," by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily.com (thanks to Doug):

JERUSALEM – In a major policy speech today, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged dialogue with rival Hamas, calling for a "new page" to be started with the terror group.

EVERY PENNY WE GIVE FATAH SUPPORTS JIHADOTERROR.

(2) Fatah intel officer, policeman identified as killers of two Israeli soldiers

"[Ali] Dandis worked as a clerk at the Sharia courts in Hebron. Both are residents of the West Bank city, security officials said. They noted that Friday's attack was not the first time that Palestinian security officials or policemen were involved in terror attacks. Last month, Ido Zoldan was gunned down in the West Bank by Palestinian terrorists that turned out to be members of the PA security forces."

Act of war. Imagine the outrage if Israeli soldiers had killed two Fatah men under the same circumstances; indeed, there is an appalling double standard, but it also underscores the fact that the forces of any legitimate state are expected to conduct themselves with order and discipline. (Then again, it also begs the question: were they following orders?) Is "Palestine," in any form, at any point in time, to be exempt from that expectation? "'Killers were from Fatah, one was Palestinian police'," by Yaakov Katz for the Jerusalem Post:

As first published in The Jerusalem Post on Sunday , one of the terrorists who killed two Israeli hikers on Friday near Hebron is a policeman in the Palestinian National Security Force, and the other is a known Fatah operative and a close associate of the Palestinian Intelligence Service, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Service) revealed Tuesday night.

According to details of the murder of off-duty soldiers and nature enthusiasts David Rubin and Ahikam Amihai, the gunmen, Ali Dandis, 24, and Amar Taha, 26, surrendered on the day of the attack to the Palestinian security forces in Hebron out of fear that they would be caught by the IDF. They also handed over the weapons they captured from the hikers.

THEY SURRENDERED TO ABBAS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HE'LL PROTECT THEM THE WAY ARAFAT DID.

YET BUSH IS PLEDGING ABBAS $500MILLION AND IS GOING TO MEET WITH HIM - HAARTETZ: Olmert, Bush and Abbas to hold three-way summit in J'lem

The leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States are expected to hold a joint meeting during President George W. Bush's visit here next week, in an effort to accelerate negotiations on the conflict's core issues - borders, refugees, and Jerusalem.

Bush will visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority next Wednesday and Thursday as part of a regional tour that will cover seven states in nine days.

The main focus of the president's talks will be the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the Iranian nuclear program.

THE REAL CORE ISSUE IS THAT THE ARABS WANT TO DESTROY ISRAEL. NEGOTIATIONS WON'T CHANGE THAT.

• BUSH AND CONDI AND THE EU ARE NUTS FOR PLEDGING ONE PENNY TO ABBAS AND FATAH.

• WE'D MIGHT AS WELL BE SENDING MONEY TO HAMAS AND BAKING A CAKE FOR OSAMA.

WE NEED TO CRUSH OUR ENEMIES, NOT APPEASE THEM.