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US blocks former Palestinian PM from senior UN role “out of support for Israel”

Feb 12, 2017 12:19 pm By Robert Spencer

The Telegraph, and the rest of the establishment propaganda media, is appalled. Salam Fayyad, you see, is “a Western-educated technocrat.” Never mind that he was Prime Minister of an entity that has never recognized Israel and that regularly repeats its genocidal desire to destroy Israel utterly; Dan Shapiro, Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel, called the decision “stunningly dumb.” Now that seems to me to be the best endorsement of the Trump administration’s action: if the relentlessly anti-Israel Obama team thinks this action was “stunningly dumb,” it must be wise and prudent.

What’s more, Martin Indyk called the move one “of the most anti-Israel decisions Trump could take.” Martin Indyk was head of the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy when it hosted Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the internationally renowned Muslim preacher who has praised Hitler and expressed the hope that Muslims would finish his work of killing Jews. Brookings’ funding from Qatar has turned it into an apologist for jihad terror, with jihadi preachers and Islamic supremacists frequently featured and lauded at its events. Would I trust Martin Indyk to tell me what was good for Israel in its defense against the Palestinian jihad and what wasn’t? Just the opposite.

“US blocks former Palestinian prime minister from senior UN role in Libya ‘out of support for Israel,'” by Raf Sanchez, Telegraph, February 11, 2017:

The Trump administration is under fire after it blocked the appointment of a well-respected former Palestinian prime minister to a senior UN role seemingly because he is a Palestinian.

Salam Fayyad, a Western-educated technocrat, won plaudits from Israeli leaders and from the Bush administration for his reform efforts when he served prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in the late 2000s.

The 65-year-old had been tipped to become the new UN special representative in Libya, a role that would have nothing to do with the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

But his prospects at the job appear to have been dashed after Nikki Haley, the new US ambassador to the UN, objected to his appointment out of support for Israel.

The United States was disappointed to see a letter indicating the intention to appoint the former Palestinian Authority prime minister to lead the UN Mission in Libya,” Mrs Haley said.

“For too long the UN has been unfairly biased in favor of the Palestinian Authority to the detriment of our allies in Israel. The United States does not currently recognise a Palestinian state or support the signal this appointment would send within the United Nations, however, we encourage the two sides to come together directly on a solution.”

Dan Shapiro, Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel, called the decision “stunningly dumb”.

“Every US official who worked with Fayyad knows him to be serious, clean, and a pro. So what if he’s Palestinian?” Mr Shapiro added.

Martin Indyk, a former US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian issues, called the move one “of the most anti-Israel decisions Trump could take”….

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  1. copakeman says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    “Every US official who worked with Fayyad knows him to be serious, clean, and a pro. So what if he’s Palestinian?” Mr Shapiro added

    aldolph, stalin, mao, and many other communist/socialist butchers and murderers were serious too.

    • Terry says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 12:35 pm

      And, they were pros and clean, also.

      ——————————————————————————————————————————————-

      The Useless nations is useless.

      Back in the 1960’s and 70’s THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY had billboards in the New York City area, and was “preaching” ” GET THE UN OUT OF THE US AND THE US OUT OF THE UN”.

      true then. True now. Perhaps more so, now.

  2. Somebody says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    JW c’mon we know that US never fight against terrorism it’s just internal american politics ? The root cause of terrorism is SAUDI !!!!

    zuhahahahahaha

    https://www.rt.com/usa/377087-cia-awards-saudi-antiterrorism/

  3. Vic says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    Views on Palestinian statehood
    Fayyad has rejected calls for a binational state and unilateral declaration of statehood:

    “[Statehood] is not something that is going to happen to the Israelis, nor something that is going to happen to the Palestinians…. is something that will grow on both sides as a reality… creating a belief that this was inevitable through the process, a convergence of two paths, the political and the process, from the bottom up and the top down.” (Sounds good, but his premises are a sorry denial of historical evidence!).

    On 29 June 2011, in contravention of the Palestinian Authority’s official position, and that of president Mahmoud Abbas, Fayyad expressed skepticism about its approach to the United Nations for a vote on statehood, saying it would be only a symbolic victory. (At this time, the Obama Admin stepped in and offered Abbas help to make it happen. Obama counseled Abbas to accept the reform packages that Fayyad was proposing. If the UN could see their excellent written plans, they would see the PA meant business and was serious. Simply a decoy and more deceit).

    Views on religion
    In 2007, Fayyad was quoted by Forbes:

    “It’s the responsibility of men of religion to … present religion as a way of tolerance, not as a cover for bloodshed.” (Who are these men of religion??… Obviously not him).

    PM Salam Fayyad is a darling of the liberal west and others in the ME, but not liked by Pres. Abbas (under whom he served until 2013) and not liked by the Palestinians, because he would rather bring economic reform to Palestine (wherever that is). He has proposed several plans for building a police force in collaboration with Israel that were lauded by the IMF, the US and many others. It was successful for a year. Then the Palestinians and Abbas revolted because they wanted to keep up the terrorism and violence and the reforms went out the window. Fayyad resigned and left the PA and devoted himself to other pursuits. He does a lot of consulting now. But for all the years spent working inside the PA, not much has changed since Arafat.

    The point: Fayyad may be a moderate Muslim and a reformist, but he never one time said that the PA is corrupt and that there needs to be transparency at all levels and a radical change of direction. There is no one in the PA who wants that. So Fayyad is all talk about reforms with no perceived action to address the foundational rot. Nothing serious can be built upon it.

    Fayyad should not be allowed to represent the UN unless he is hired as a consultant to do a specific job. In that case he becomes a private contractor of the UN. He cannot represent the UN as a PA appointee because the PA is not a Member State.

  4. Steve Klein says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 2:50 pm

    At a time President Trump is fighting within the Courts for a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration (yes, that is what it is notwithstanding the denials), what better time could there be to renounce the establishment of a Muslim-enemy state in Judea and Samaria, one dedicated to Israel’s obliteration?

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224860

    ‘Fiery cabinet meeting ahead of PM’s meeting with Trump’

    Report: Netanyahu concerned over possible split with Trump, refuses cabinet’s demand to renounce Palestinian statehood.

  5. Oliver says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 3:29 pm

    Years ago, I had a supervisor ( this was 1978-79) who once worked for a newspaper. She told me, that whenever I see something “attributed to unnamed sources-because—“, or similar- usually faked.

    Done to promote the views of the reporter or editor or owner of the paper (if not a conglomerate) or to see how a political idea will advance.

    I take that seriously, more seriously than the stories from an unnamed source, etc.

  6. Oliver says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 3:31 pm

    And, to continue-more seriously than I take the media’s habit ( exponentially greater with Trump than with others-but also don with others) of taking a few words (usually out of context) as to what the person is saying.

  7. Angemon says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    For too long the UN has been unfairly biased in favor of the Palestinian Authority to the detriment of our allies in Israel.

    Damn right…

  8. Pong says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 5:14 pm

    In the 70s I used to work with John, Martin Indyk’s father. It is difficult to understand how different people can be, even from the same family.
    Moslems and leftists (not ones with jewish background), never made so much damage to Israel, as the Jewish left. Both in Israel and the US.
    President Trump is arguably the most pro israel president ever and that is especially important as president Trump doesn’t have to be. Majority of jews in US voted against him and supported hilary, who is anti israel and an anti-semite.
    To be jewish and lefty takes a special kind of people, whose morals and decency are so low, that even the non jewish leftists cannot stoop to that level.
    It is imperative that decent jews, individuals and organizations, will make their highest priority to fight those jews on the left, understanding that they are the number one enemy, not moslems or non jewish left.

    • carpediadem says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 7:36 pm

      I disagree most vehemently that nonJewish lefties cannot stopp so low. They can and do and often go lower. I’ve encountered them.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 10:37 pm

      Pong wrote:

      President Trump is arguably the most pro israel president ever and that is especially important as president Trump doesn’t have to be. Majority of jews in US voted against him and supported hilary, who is anti israel and an anti-semite.
      ………………….

      All true–this shows that Trump is very much a man of principle on this issue.

      By the way, I do know patriotic Jewish people who voted for Trump–but all too many are in denial over the threat of Islam.

    • Terry says

      Feb 13, 2017 at 8:11 pm

      The Orthodox Jews are the Jews who overwhelmingly support and supported Pres. Trump (80+ % of the vote); They are (more or less) agianst the transgender bs.; boys in girls bathrooms/girls in boys, etc.

      And, they are the fastest growing segment (at least in the US) of Judaism.
      few of them are lefties- but, unfortuantley, the few that there are get the headlines.

  9. Stan Lee says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    The United Nations is essentially an organization of nations. Israel is a nation, therefore it has status as a nation. The Palestinians as a loosely connected group are in Gaza, the West Bank, parts of Jordan, Syria, and also other Arab nations. Therefore, there is no nation of Palestine, but there are Palestinians throughout the Arab world. But, the nation of “Palestine” is not established, simply because it awaits the time when it can push Israel into the Mediterranean Sea and bring genocide upon the Jews of Israel (and anywhere else, for that matter)

    The UN brought such misunderstanding of itself by appeasing Arab demands. Yet, there are many Arab nations, or Muslim-dominated nations, that refuse “Palestinian” migrants. They don’t want them in their countries. This is not fallacy, it is fact.
    Then, how is “Palestine” a nation, when a “President” Abbas was elected for a limited term, quite shorter than the period of time that he usurped to be President for approx. 12 years thus far?

    It could have been a nation if it settled for a “two-state solution”, which has been tossed about over and over again. but the underlying issue is that the “Palestinians” hold out their hope of erasing Israel and its people, so it can move in, make a nation of people who have been promised by the PA and Hamas to “stand by” and “soon” Israel and its built-up national infra-structure will be theirs, with the help of Araby, Iran, and nations hostile to Jews for being Jews..

    It is a “no win” situation for the people called “Palestinians,” named as such out of convenience and for causing the illusion that it is a nation, when it is not. Other Arab nations probably wish it did have legitimate nationhood, perhaps because they’re tired of supporting it indefinitely. Obviously, Israel too, would welcome a solution, but Abbas won’t make formal peace because Hamas controls Gaza, and neither the PA or Hamas care to unite with each other at the peace table with Israel. It could be that the PA is mostly Sunni Muslim, while Hamas is sponsored by Iran, and that means Shia Muslim.
    They both blame their collective intransigence upon Israel. And, round and round we go!

    • Terry says

      Feb 13, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      And ( at least) the Sunni Gulf States, SA & Jordan (not sure what Jordan is) could not give a turd less about the “Palestinians” and trade with israel.

      Jordan, Egypt and (I think-not sure) one or two of the Gulf states also diplomatic ties to israel.

      Just the other day, one of the Gulf States sent a representitive to gaza, and he told the people that the elctricity problems there are–THE FAULT OF HAMAS- AND THEMSELVES. And the Hamas and apologists and the Useless nations blame Israel. (Might have been on JW, if not, probably Israel Today).

  10. willrodgers_2 says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    As an American who pays his tax $ to largely support the UN I applaud US taking control of this failing group. Kudos to Nikki Haley and to President Trump for appointing her to the UN. How dare the failed UN try to dictate to our nation Agenda 21, and immigration, and a host of things that will harm our sovereignty?. Fire the guy who thinks he can sing handedly tell the world where the dregs of the world will be deposited. We do not want the burden of the religious jihad. This is between the Sunni and Shia, and they can clean up their own mess. We should not help promote a Terrorists like Fayyad to have any ole in Libya.

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 9:39 pm

      True!

      Fayyad is a muslim ergo he is:

      1. a pedophile/pedophile admirer/enabler
      2. a jihadist/jihad admirer/enabler
      3.a rapist (of women and men)/rapist admirer/enabler
      4. a slave-owner/slave owner admirer/enabler
      5.pro-theocracy
      6. genocidal
      7. committed to destruction of American and all other republican/democratic forms of gov’t. and
      8. a liar

      ‘Stunning’ that the USA is finally back on the right side? Oh yes. ‘Dumb’? Anybody who still hopes for business-as-usual under Donaldus Magnus.

  11. gravenimage says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 10:07 pm

    US blocks former Palestinian PM from senior UN role “out of support for Israel”
    ………………….

    Hear, hear!

  12. harbidoll says

    Feb 13, 2017 at 3:13 am

    Now what is Israel expected to do/give up for this move on Trumps part. Must Israel give up land for Trump to fight off UN & Iran? Both made powerful & threatening by US money. Checkmate?

  13. stevo-k says

    Feb 13, 2017 at 3:57 am

    a Palestinian to adjudicate on the situation in Libya, yeah right, as if he is going to support a secular non Islamic entity in that nation

  14. madmemere says

    Mar 1, 2017 at 12:20 am

    There are NO palestinians who are “trustworthy”, much less clean; they do no deserve recognition at the un, nor anywhere else in the world. They have no “state”, they are a faux ethnicity. If someone called them “Philistines” they might be recognizable.

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