The Israelis, thus the world, loved Salam Fayyad long before he became Fatah PM
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And he was certainly the WEST’S choice for new Palestinian Prime Minister. (They already wanted him in that role in 2002… we are supposed to believe he is Abbas’s choice. His “third party” in the last elections won 2 seats in Parliament)
This is from an Haaretz article in April, BEFORE Hamas took Gaza and he was made the the new “temporary” Prime Minister…
…”he set up the Third Way Party with Hanan Ashrawi and Yasser Abed Rabbo. They won only two seats but Fayyad remained an extremely influential figure in the PA’s political arena….”
“Why do Israelis feel so comfortable with him? Senior political officials, Knesset members and cabinet ministers who have met him, explain that Fayyad simply does not resemble any other Palestinian political figure. “He is the classic example of a Palestinian who has spent a great deal of time in the West and has acquired Western behavior and values,” a senior Israeli official says. “He is a very straight person. His directness is surprising. There are no games or pretenses with him. Quite a few Palestinians immediately begin with a speech about the occupation just so they can feel good about themselves. With him, it’s not like that. Obviously he is not satisfied with the occupation but one doesn’t hear the standard slogans from him…”
Despite the compliments Fayyad receives in the political arena, recently the Prime Minister’s Bureau has pointed an accusatory finger at him. Officials of this office say that several million dollars from the Palestinian tax money, which Israel unfroze and passed on to him, have gone to pay the salaries of the Palestinian security forces, contrary to earlier agreements. Although Fayyad denied this, officials in Israel were furious. “On the face of it, it seems that he simply did not keep his word,” said one Israeli official who immediately qualified this statement: “But on the other hand, it is difficult to believe that he betrayed us. It is not in keeping with his character. Perhaps someone did that behind his back.”
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