The Gulf News has a whole new take on Hamas: The terrorist party is entitled to all the EU money givesto the Palestinians regardless of its failure to adhere to the Oslo agreements. In an editorial titled "Forcing Hamas into a corner," the editorial geniuses of Gulf tell the world that: With the European Union (EU) temporarily halting aid to the Hamas—led Palestinian government, a new and dangerous signal is sent out: It is tantamount to interference in another country's affairs, while not accepting the democratic choice of the people. Withholding foreign aid money is now "a dangerous signal" and "tantamount to interference in another country's affairs." This is the voice of a Mafia extortionist: Give me your money or you'll make me do something dangerous. But it doesn't have much to do with democracy and the rule of law. If anything, it shows that Natan Sharansky was right: It's not elections that make a democracy, but protection of free speech. The PA election had no...(Read Full Post)