Israel Matzav: Salam Fayyad takes off his tie

Salam Fayyad takes off his tie

Of all the 'Palestinians' with whom the West deals, the one with whom they are undoubtedly most comfortable is Salam Fayyad. Educated in the West, fluent in English, dressed like a Westerner, Salam Fayyad is (or seems to be) exactly what the West wants in a 'Palestinian.' 'Our kind of guy' with the slight problem of having zero popular support.

Salam Fayyad is out looking for some popular support and to that end he took off his tie on Tuesday and joined in a uniquely 'Palestinian' activity: Throwing Israeli products into a bonfire. The products, which were made in Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria, had previously been confiscated from 'Palestinian' stores in Salfit.

Fayyad and residents of the West Bank town of Salfit threw the products, which were confiscated from Palestinian stores, into a fire.

On Sunday the Palestinian PM said the future Palestinian state will be "free of fences and of settlements."

In a conference held near Ramallah, Fayyad urged the international community to intervene in order to "force Israel to stop ignoring international law and the Palestinians' rights."

About a month ago the Palestinians announced a boycott of Israeli products made in the West Bank, stepping up their campaign against Israeli settlements.

Economics Minister Hassan Abu Libdeh said the Western-backed Palestinian government had already confiscated $1 million worth of products, including foods, cosmetics and hardware, and the goal is to eliminate all settlement-made goods from Palestinian store shelves next year.

"Consuming settlements' products is wrong, nationally, economically, politically, and must stop right away," Abu Libdeh told a news conference.

Of course, Fayyad the economist hasn't told Fayyad the politician yet how many 'Palestinians' will be out of jobs if all 'settlement-made goods' are eliminated from 'Palestinian' store shelves next year.

When I was a kid back in pre-historic times, there were cigarette ads on television. The tune in this ad is one I remember particularly well.

Let's go to the videotape.



You can take Fayyad out of 'Palestine' but you can't take 'Palestine' out of Fayyad. He's as boorish and uncivilized as the rest of them.

Israel Matzav: Salam Fayyad takes off his tie