Embargo Lasts 10 Minutes
June 21, 2012
The EU set a new world’s record for enforcing the shortest trade ban in history when it removed economic sanctions against Hamas after only ten minutes.
The European Commission agreed to immediately forward all financial payments to the terrorist-led Palestinian government in yet another predictable European political flip-flop.
Until recently, international funds were used as a leverage to coerce Hamas and other terrorist organizations to renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept Israel’s right to exit in peace.
To even think that one out of three was possible is being merely foolish.
The Palestinian Foreign Minister cautioned the EU that “any response” might lead to a boycott of “European interests” in the Islamic world. Ten minutes later, an EU spokesperson looked at his watch and confidently announced: “That’s about enough time.”
Having once again restored the credibility of the European Union in the eyes of the Arab world, the EU hit the ground running by immediately slapping new sanctions against Israel.
