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July 2007 Stats for The Big Picture.
EU cuts off direct aid to Hamas-led Palestinian govt:
The European Union has cut off direct aid payments to the Hamas-led Palestinian government because of its refusal to renounce violence and recognise Israel, the EU's executive office said today.
"For the time being there are no payments to or through the Palestinian authority," European Commission spokeswoman Emma Udwin said in Brussels.
European Union Foreign Ministers are expected on Monday to decide on how to deal in the longer term with aid, which is considered vital to keep the Palestinian economy afloat.
"The EU will need to develop some new strategy, some new measures, some new decisions," Udwin said. "While this decision-making process is under way .. We are adopting a policy of maximum prudence."
She said the Commission's decision to halt the aid it gives the Palestinian government did not prejudge the ministers' decision, but noted that Hamas had failed to meet the EU's conditions for continued aid - recognition of Israel, non-violence and acceptance of existing agreements.
The AP seems to be trying to pull the wool over readers' eyes again. Here's their headline:
Hamas Says its Ready for 'Two-State' Solution with Israel
Hamas is ready for a "two-state" solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior official said Friday, in what would appear to be a softening of Hamas' position and imply recognition of the Jewish state.
But the same article shows that the headline states something which is not yet a fact, and which may never be a fact:
The official said Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas would discuss the idea with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate, in a meeting in Gaza City later Friday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the proposal has not yet been submitted.
Even if the proposal were to be submitted and approved, I would not expect Hamastan to abide by it.
From NewsMax:
The unemployment rate, which dropped from February's 4.8 percent, ended up matching January's jobless rate, which was the lowest in 4 1/2 years.
The GWB tax cuts worked.
Via Captain's Quarters:
Saddam Targeted American Assets For Terrorism
Don't miss this translated Iraqi document, indicating that Saddam sought to carry out terrorist actions against us.
France is seeking to control immigration from populations that do not assimilate (i.e. Islamists):
France, like other European countries, is taking a harder look at the immigrants it lets in.
The drive toward "selective" immigration is inspired by electoral politics, by fears that some immigrants are not integrating and may even be vectors for terrorism and militant Islam, and by widely shared concerns that immigrants overtax welfare systems and compete for scarce jobs.
...If passed, the law would form part of France's multi-pronged offensive against clandestine immigration that also includes stepped-up border controls and deportations. Under Sarkozy, deportations have increased 72 percent over the past two years, with a record 20,000 illegal immigrants expelled in 2005.
"France cannot be the only country in the world that refuses to adapt its immigration policy to its economic needs and its capacity to absorb new arrivals," Sarkozy said recently. "We cannot continue to welcome people whom we have neither jobs nor housing to offer."
The AP story linked uses all the usual tricks to try to oppose this policy, e.g. describing a nice immigrant and saying that the new policy would have denied him a home in France. AP of course, could care less if militant Islam destroys Europe via the policy of immigrating and then refusing to assimilate.
If even France can control immigration from Islamists who oppose their religion to the laws of the nation to which they immigrate, then surely the U.S. can as well.
