Churches in PA Territory to Be Placed Under Islamic Authority

Does Colin Powell have a clue as to what goes on in the Middle East? After meeting with Abu Mazen, he stated that the PLO/PA constitution was a "positive" development.

Did the US sec'y of State examine the PA State Constitution which he says is a "positive" development? If he did peruse it and praise it, that is worrisome. If he did not peruse it and praised it, this is even more worrisome.

The PLO/PA constitution "protects" many "rights".

The PA State Constitution places Church schools and all religious institutions under the authority of absolute Islamic regime, with no religious freedom, no civil liberties, no human rights and mandates the "right of return" for all Palestinian Arabs to go back to Arab villages that were abandoned in 1948 and which have been replaced by Israeli cities, collective farms and woodlands. (None of these lands lie in the west bank or Gaza.)

The author of the constitution, Palestinian cabinet official Nabil Sha'ath confirmed that this was indeed the final draft of the constitution.

Unbelievable, but unfortunately true.