{"id":3119,"date":"2002-08-07T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2002-08-07T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2002-08-07T12:45:01","modified_gmt":"2002-08-07T17:45:01","slug":"no_rest_for_the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/07\/no_rest_for_the.html","title":{"rendered":"No rest for the wicked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the final resolution of the Church of the Nativity foofoorah, where the Palestinian militants holding the site as hostage were allowed to leave Israel as part of the EU-brokered deal?<\/p>\n<p>Well, Cyprus, who got to host the party initially, and got stuck with the worst of the lot, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinedaily.com\/p\/6c\/0a1ee8ea7137.html\">wants to be quit of him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8220;Daoud has become undesirable as he is causing trouble with the authorities, refusing to cooperate with the police and by associating with suspicious persons,&#8221; Justice Minister Nikos Koshis told the official Cyprus radio. <br \/>\n&#8220;Daoud refuses to conform to the terms of his residence in Cyprus, he rejects police protection or escort, he moves around without informing the authorities and generally creates trouble,&#8221; Koshis said. <\/p>\n<p>Shocking, I tell you, shocking.<\/p>\n<p>The EU, which keeps promising to find one of its member states to take Daoud in, has yet to do so, using the &#8220;all the decision-makers are on vacation&#8221; excuse.  Next we&#8217;ll hear that the dog ate Daoud&#8217;s visa.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/archives\/002847.php#002847\">InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the final resolution of the Church of the Nativity foofoorah, where the Palestinian militants holding the site as hostage were allowed to leave Israel as part of the EU-brokered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitical-brouhaha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9676,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/14\/the_great_bakla.html","url_meta":{"origin":3119,"position":0},"title":"The Great Baklava War of 2006","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 14-May-06 10:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because there's no issue too trivial to latch onto when it comes to nationalistic impulses. 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