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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Lawmakers: No arms for P.A.
U.S. lawmakers began circulating a letter calling on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not to provide arms to the Palestinian Authority.
“We certainly understand the need to strengthen moderate Palestinian leaders and to provide the Palestinian people with the humanitarian assistance they need to improve their daily lives,” reads the letter, circulated by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). “However, we believe it would be a mistake to supply weapons to the P.A., particularly before its leadership acts to control the terrorist groups.” The letter says the Palestinian Authority does not have a shortage of weapons “but a shortage of will to confront the terrorists within Palestinian society.”
Rice has recently said that increased weaponry may be necessary for the P.A. to fight terrorist organizations, particularly after Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
http://jta.org/
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