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$5.4B Pledged To Gaza Strip After Israel-Hamas War
YahooNews ^ | October 12, 2014 | HAMZA HENDAWI

Posted on 10/12/2014 12:19:10 PM PDT by Steelfish

$5.4B Pledged To Gaza Strip After Israel-Hamas War HAMZA HENDAWI

CAIRO (AP) — A donor conference in Cairo to raise money for Gaza after this year's war between Hamas and Israel ended with pledges of $5.4 billion, half of which will be "dedicated" to the reconstruction of the coastal strip, Norway's foreign minister said Sunday.

Kerry pushes for Mideast peace, Qatar pledges $1 billion for Gaza Reuters Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende offered the figure at the end of Sunday's one-day conference, far beyond the $4 billion initially sought by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. He did not say what will the other half of the funds would be spent on, but other delegates have spoken of boosting economic activity, emergency relief and other projects needed in the war-ravaged territory.

The message was clear to the international community that the Palestinian brothers are not alone," Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; gaza; israel; norway

1 posted on 10/12/2014 12:19:10 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

A fool and his money are soon parted.


2 posted on 10/12/2014 12:32:35 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Steelfish

To have voted for the Obamadork at any time in his sorry life was a sure indication of idiocy coupled with the inability to choose wisely.

You are forgiven on the promise that you keep your silly @ss out of voting booths in the future.


3 posted on 10/12/2014 12:56:34 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Steelfish

But not a dime for the besieged Kurds of Kobane.

They are just not fortunate they don’t have the Jews for an enemy.


4 posted on 10/12/2014 12:56:47 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Da Coyote

Oops, Ipad error.

Wrong blog.

Mea culpa.


5 posted on 10/12/2014 12:58:08 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Steelfish

The poor Palistinians have to rebuild all those tunnels the nasty Jews tore up. Then they have to re-supply all those rockets they shot into Israel. That costs a lot of money.


6 posted on 10/12/2014 1:04:11 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Steelfish

Is it political extortion, or do the donors actually care about the common person in Gaza? And, how much of the money will go to rebuilding the terrorists tunnel infrastructure?


7 posted on 10/12/2014 2:50:10 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

Tunnels. Rockets. And whatever is left over? Swiss bank accounts.


8 posted on 10/12/2014 2:53:34 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If the courts make our laws, there's been a coup d'etat. Wake up, America.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I think you’ve got the order reversed. Most of the money will be looted, but some will be saved for terrorism.

It’s blood money. Especially, because those behind the terror pretty much plan for this payoff in advance, while doing the inciting, but not the fighting and dying.


9 posted on 10/12/2014 4:01:17 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Steelfish

Let’s see how much of that $5.4 billion pledged is actually given.

My bet is that it will be only a fraction,and that this is for show.


10 posted on 10/12/2014 4:03:50 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

You may well be correct.


11 posted on 10/12/2014 5:07:54 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If the courts make our laws, there's been a coup d'etat. Wake up, America.)
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12 posted on 11/02/2014 7:48:38 AM PST by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: Steelfish

WHY? That little strip of land?

Eh Gad. Spend the money developing the US.

It will just get blown up again.

These people want to KILL their neighbors.

Why are we giving them anything?


13 posted on 11/02/2014 4:14:54 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: DonaldC

A two-fer, kill jews and destroy Americas money at the same time! Win-win for the Muslim Brotherhood Commander in Cheif.

14 posted on 11/03/2014 11:54:34 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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