Told ya.
Last week in this space, I offered some predictions of winners and losers from the Gaza flotilla. Among the winners, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas; among the losers: Hamas.
On Wednesday, Abbas met in the Oval Office with Barack Obama. Abbas returns from that meeting with a pledge of an additional $400-million in U.S. aid. The pledge came with a price: public acceptance of a continuing Israeli embargo against Hamas.
In the words of President Obama: “We agree that Israelis have the right to prevent arms from entering into Gaza that can be used to launch attacks into Israeli territory.”
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