By Stan Goodenough
The PLO and its Palestinian Authority - the terrorist organizations representing the Palestinian Arabs - announced Thursday that their people were finally satisfied with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The approving comments came after Rice visited with PLO and PA chief Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah during a week-long diplomatic sweep through the Middle East.
Rice, together with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, was in the region to pave the way for an international peace conference the Bush administration plans to sponsor this fall, probably in November.
The universally-desired outcome of that conference is the creation of a Muslim state called Palestine in the heart of the biblical land of Israel.
Only God-fearing Jews and Bible-believing Christians oppose this vision out of conviction that it is in opposition to what God has purposed according to the Bible, that it will further endanger Israel's existence, and that it will result in further widespread death, injury and destruction.
Significantly, whereas "Palestinians" in the past repeatedly questioned the "fairness" of Rice's dealings with them, they now appeared pleased.
"We're very encouraged by this visit because we felt this time that Rice meant business" a senior PA official said, according to The Jerusalem Post Friday.
"The US wants to see real progress in the peace process [sic] and is willing to make a strong effort to help us establish an independent Palestinian state."
Other Arabs interviewed also expressed their optimism "for the first time in months," said the Post, quoting one as rejoicing because he believed that "the economy is certainly going to improve in the 'West Bank' [Samaria and Judea].
"We hope that the Americans will continue to give us money so that we can build institutions and provide jobs," he said.
Since the Olso Agreement was signed in 1993, the international community has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the PA in order to facilitate the strengthening of their economy and help them establish a state.
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