The Canadian Coalition for Democracies sent me a news release which by coincidence ties in somewhat with my previous blog entry.
Canada must stop funding Palestinian terrorism
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: +1-416-963-8998Toronto, Canada – Saturday, 17 September 2005 – On September 15, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced from New York that Canada will give another $24.5 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA). This past May, Mr. Martin announced $12.2 million in aid during the visit to Canada of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, bringing the total Canadian aid to the Palestinians to $310 million since 1993.
“President Abbas came to office promising (1) to disarm Palestinian militants, (2) to end incitement in schools and media, and (3) to end glorification of suicide bombing,” said Alastair Gordon, President of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD). “On that understanding, Prime Minister Martin promised another $12.2 million in May of this year.”
Since receiving Canadian tax dollars, President Abbas has reneged on all his commitments. Specifically, (1) PA Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa publicly declared in June that the PA will not disarm Hamas and other terrorist groups under its jurisdiction; (2) Not a single textbook denying the existence of Israel and preaching the destruction of “the Zionist entity” has been removed or revised; and (3) Abbas himself, speaking to a group of high school students and educators in Gaza, glorified suicide bombing when he declared, “What has been achieved here [in Gaza] is due to the martyrs.”
“When money is given on the understanding that certain commitments to peace will be undertaken, the open declaration by the recipient that those commitments will not he honoured should mean, at a minimum, that funding would stop,” said Gordon. “Instead, our Prime Minister rewards bad faith with another $24.5 million from Canadian taxpayers.”
“It is not enough to pretend that the money is allocated to specific projects, because money is fungible,” added Gordon. “If Canadians are paying to build a highway, those funds are now freed up for war against Israel, in keeping with the PA’s constitutional governing charter and repeated declarations by PA spokespeople.”
On behalf of Canadians, CCD is urging Paul Martin to inform President Abbas that he will receive no more Canadian funding until he meets his commitments. Canadians expect that the Palestinian Charter will finally be amended to remove Article 9 that declares “Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine”, Article 20 that states “Jews [do not] constitute a single nation with an identity of its own”, and other articles that call for the destruction of Israel through violence [See PLO Charter here].
“The constitutional Charter of the PA is available on the web for Paul Martin to read,” concluded Gordon. “Instead, our Prime Minister has chosen to purchase international approval with the blood of Israelis, while refusing to tell Canadians what benefit has been derived from nearly one third of a billion tax dollars paid to Arafat and Abbas.”
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For additional information, please contact:
Alastair Gordon
President
Canadian Coalition for Democracies
PO Box 72602
345 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON M4W 3J0 CanadaWeb: http://CanadianCoalition.com
Tel: 416-963-8998
Fax: 425-944-3546
Email: [email protected]Public Discussion on this Press Release http://canadiancoalition.com/forum/messages/9969.shtml
CCD Mission Statement http://canadiancoalition.com/
CCD in the media http://canadiancoalition.com/media.shtmlCCD Public Message Forum – Speak your mind! http://canadiancoalition.com/forum/ccd-forum.shtml
And because reader Meadowlark commented in the previous blog entry that she’d like more information about the Palestinian/Israeli situation, I’ve added the PLO-Charter to our reference resources. That explains SO MUCH.
I’d also suggest you check out our friend Little Green Footballs—it’s a blog by Charles Johnson, and one of the world’s most popular—since that’s possibly the best source for constantly updated information on Israel; and the PLO and terrorism in general. (Few people realize he’s another ex-Democrat. “The more you learn… ”)
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