Jersusalem "off the table"

[Dill]

(01-31-2018, 07:40 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: That’s pretty clear on Abbas http://freebeacon.com/politics/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-palestinian/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-pa-minister-says-he-quit-over-rampant-corruption-in-ramallah/

https://www.haaretz.com/whdcMobileSite/israel-news/.premium-corrupt-pa-officials-too-comfortable-to-resist-occupation-1.5429545

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tough-times-most-palestinians-view-government-as-corrupt/

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/israel-west-bank-hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-journalism.html

That’s just a few links when I searched palestinians corruption.

Well Lucy, you make some substantial points here.  And I am not going to support corruption in any government.

Which brings me back to the question of standards. If corruption costs the Palestinians your support, why is it not a problem for Israel?

Netanyahu appears to be the most corrupt Israeli PM since Sharon.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/09/israeli-police-question-benjamin-netanyahu-in-corruption-inquiry
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-protests/tens-of-thousands-of-israelis-protest-against-netanyahu-corruption-idUSKBN1DW0Q8

Israeli corruption is less than many Arab (developing) states, but among developed countries,  which should be their standard, they are rock bottom. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-among-most-corrupt-developed-states-study-finds/

So you set up standards like no terrorist leadership and no corruption, but only apply them to one side. That is a double standard.

Also, I must caution you on some of your sources. The Times of Israel is much less slanted than the Washington Times, but much more so than Haaretz.

Have you checked out the sources reported in your Beacon, the ones filling Congress in on Palestinian, not Israeli, corruption?  Do you know who Elliot Abrams is, or Jonathan Schanzer?  Google them with the terms "neocon" or "AIPAC."  They are basically Israeli lobbyists.  Do you understand that a 1.8 million dollar aid contract for public works to Yasser Abbas' construction firm, is not, in itself "corruption"?