Salam Fayyad had to throw in the towel and submit his resignation to Abbas. It signals another in a long list of Palestinian failures. Let me explain.
First, who is Salaam Fayyad?
He was originally appointed by Arafat to serve as Minister of Finance. This under considerable pressure from the Bush administration. Within a few months, Fayyad had sent home 40,000 superfluous PA bureaucrats and shut down dozens of Hamas charitable institutions that were little more than fronts for the political and terrorist activities of Hamas. Regrettably, he failed to win the favor of the Palestinian people who consistently favored terrorists.
Fayyad's resume includes the following:
Phd from the University of Texas
The Federal Reserve of St Louis
The International Monetary Fund
The Arab Bank
Fayyad's Plan -- To responsibly, efficiently, and with transparency work toward creating an independent Palestinian state in the West Banbk. He had hoped to do this within two years. Institutions would be built, foreign investment would be encouraged, infrastructure would be put in place. This would include an international airport in the Jordan Valley and rail links to neighboring states. The education system was to be revamped using the latest information and communication technologies.
Fayyad never had a chance. Fatah leaders leaders have only one dream and that is to return to the days of Yasser Arafat, when they were able to steal international aid earmarked for helping Palestinians.
The dream of Fayyad for the Palestinian people is essentially that which Ben-Gurion had for the Jews. The difference is that Jews of all political stripes shared Ben-Gurion's dream. Regrettably the same can not be said for the Palestinian people.
The details provided on this subject in this blog were taken from an editorial appearing in a Jerusalem Post dated 4/10/13
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