Behind the IRS attack on Jewish organizations

Rick Richmond:
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At the June 16 meeting, Erekat said Benjamin Netanyahu’s June 14 Bar-Ilan speech had sought to put the Palestinians on the defensive. Netanyahu endorsed a two-state solution and stated that in the meantime, “we have no intention of building new settlements or of expropriating additional land for existing settlements,” but would “enable the residents to live normal lives.” He urged the Palestinians to engage in immediate negotiations, without preconditions. Erekat wanted to respond to the speech with a letter to the U.S. that would cite the number of individual housing units under construction. Dr. Mohammed Shtayyed made an additional suggestion to Erekat:
“We should also focus on the government incentives to settlers: loans without interest, land for free, agricultural subsidies in the Jordan valley. We can’t stop a pregnant lady from having a baby, but look at what we can do. We should look at the 501(c)(3) organizations in the States that make donations to settlers. Let the US administration investigate this.” [Emphasis added].
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Richmond points out that Erekat was wrong about Israeli incentives which had stopped during the Bush administration, but it sure looks like the administration was behind the move against the Jewish groups because of their futile attempt to appease Palestinians.   The history of Palestinian negotiations is one of looking for excuses to not reach an agreement and Obama made the mistake of pandering to those excuses and in the process used the IRS for political purposes.

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