Palestinians need more cash [$5 billion ASAP says Clintonite, or it's Israel's, US's fault]

International Herald Tribune ^ | JULY 7, 2005 | Robert E. Hunter

[SJackson]

ARLINGTON, Virginia President George W. Bush's pledge at his meeting in May with the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, to provide $50 million in direct support for the Palestinian Authority is symbolically important, but needs to be 100 times larger to have a real impact.

The Palestinians need at least $5 billion as soon as possible from the United States and other nations, mostly for use in the Gaza territory that Israel plans to evacuate later this year. Without such a major infusion of cash - directed toward making Gaza an economic, social, and political success - Israel's withdrawal risks becoming yet another failed attempt at peace, or even the prelude to more violence.

The world is inured to seeing Palestinian refugees packed tightly into camps in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, which for all practical purposes is one large refugee camp. These camps could have been closed decades ago if Arab nations had absorbed some of their residents and provided economic support to others. But oil-producing Arab states used the Palestinian plight to illustrate what they argued was Israeli heartlessness and Western double standards. Palestinian leaders like the late Yasser Arafat used the camps to cultivate a psychology of victimhood.

Israeli extremists used the camps' existence to back up their claim that Palestinians could not possibly govern themselves. And the ultimate irony came in 1979 when Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan of Israel secretly offered to give Gaza back to Egypt. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt uttered a crisp "no thanks."

[BenLurkin]

Maybe they "need" to build a nuclear reactor.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me. Clintonites, they'll never go away.

[Fledermaus]

What...did they run out of bomb making material to blow themselves (and Israelis) up?

[MikefromOhio]

hey I could use $5 billion too, but you dont hear me complaining!!

[puppypusher]

Not One more U.S. dime to these murdering savages. With the billions the U.S. has donated to the Palestinians they could each be living in a single family Home. But No they go out and buy weapons of all types to kill innocent Israeli's who are just going about their lives every day.

No more Funding.

[commonasdirt]

"$50 million in direct support for the Palestinian Authority is symbolically important,....."

They need it for symbolic Mercedes Benz's and symbolic overseas bank accounts

[Alouette]

Israeli extremists

Much more "extreme" than those "militants" of Hamas.

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[Bahbah]

LOL. Funny graphic. Horribly true comment.

[investigateworld]

How much did Arafat's Widow make off with?

[etcetera]

Get the OPEC Arabs to cut them a check. The oil sultans are making a killing at $60/bbl.

[Publius6961]

@%#%$(R)OF_*$&^#%$*_%(%(%_|@#)@*^$&$^%!#!%@*#)#__

NO!

[SJackson]

Bet they get $3 billion (that's GWB's number) next year, a token Euro contribution included.

[Sabramerican]

The Palestinians need at least $5 billion as soon as possible

If Two Million Israeli Jews would kindly commit suicide and save them the trouble of killing them, $3 billion will do.

Sarcasm/

[SJackson]

If Two Million Israeli Jews would kindly commit suicide and save them the trouble of killing them, $3 billion will do.

Imagine what they'd need to rebuild Tel Aviv after they raze it.

[Sabramerican]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437954/posts

[sheik yerbouty]

Pay them in lead..

[JSteff]

"Without such a major infusion of cash - directed toward making Gaza an economic, social, and political success -"

Let me make sense of this... the Israeli's were making it an economic, social, and political success without the 5 billion. What makes it different once they leave?

Oh yeah, they did not have to buy off terrorist war lords in their own ranks who wanted to destroy their neighbors.

Hmmmmm.

[JSteff]

Yeah and the world taught them well with Arafat. Be a terrorist, load your own bank account with money from "peaceful" nations, and you can starve your own people.

Heck, if some foolish American college girl steps in from of a bulldozer you can even kill her on the way to one of your own hospitals and the world will condemn Israel and send you more money and status.

We have taught them well.

[hoosierham]

The U.S. taxpayer should NEVER have to give these murdering scum one dime!

President Bush should stop throwing our money away funding our enemies;even FDR wasn't dumb enough to fund the Nazis .(Yeah,Clinton gave 'em money too.)

Stop pating protection money to the terrorists and if they attack us,use every weapon in the arsenal.