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June 16, 2003
Peace envoy Moratinos: EU should blacklist Hamas

From Ha'aretz:

Outgoing EU Middle East peace envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos was quoted by the Spanish daily El Pais on Monday as saying the 15-nation bloc should add Hamas to its list of terrorist organizations, whose assets may be seized.

The comments followed a strong weekend condemnation of Hamas by President George Bush, who said the free world should deal "harshly" with the Islamic organization, which Bush singled out as "sabotaging peace."

Speaking of terrorist groups and the EU, from Ha'aretz:

Palestinian Minister for Security Affairs Mohammed Dahlan told European Union consuls that the Palestinian Authority needs $400 million to rebuild its security organizations into an effective force.

Dahlan, who is expected to lead the efforts of the Palestinian Authority in taking security responsibility in areas vacated by the IDF, met recently with consuls of countries with representation in the Palestinian Authority. Among them were the consuls of Germany, Sweden, France, and Spain, who met Dahlan in Jericho, the West Bank city where the Palestinian minister is concentrating efforts to rebuild his security forces.

It's very expensive to run a security operation that refuses to arrest rocket-launching terrorists and won't be answerable to the Prime Minister as the EU "expects" in the Roadmap, you know.

Posted by Laurence Simon at June 16, 2003 08:47 AM | TrackBack
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