PA to EU: Give us 1 billion euros

'Palestinian Authority Finance Minister' Salam Fayad told the EU today that the PA will need 1 billion euros - about $1.3 billion - in assistance to make it through this year (and we are already in April!), as the PA sought to extend its status as the world's number one basket case. So far, at least, the EU has not further opened its pocketbook, saying that Hamas must first recognize Israel and