the 911 Atrocities against the US.
Posted on 04/11/2002 4:43:23 AM PDT by knighthawk
Financial and political support for the Palestinians has soared to unprecedented levels in the Gulf monarchies as tens of millions of dollars donated for urgent relief match strong words and rare street demonstrations.
Saudi Arabia, after watching its peace initiative go up in the flames of an Israeli assault on Palestinian strongholds and a wave of suicide bombings, has led the campaign to push the United States to rein in the Jewish state.
Despite a ban on demonstrations, the kingdom's 20-million population will also undoubtedly head the donation league after a telethon fundraiser on Thursday.
King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah and Defence Minister Prince Sultan have together already donated 4.8 million dollars to launch the event.
Dubai, with a population of barely one million, showed the way Wednesday raising more than 36 million dollars in aid for the Palestinians, including huge sums donated by sheikhs, kilos of gold and even one child's pocket money.
Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum urged the United Nations to approve the use of force to halt Israel's "butchery" of Palestinians as it has done to save other threatened populations.
And he launched Dubai's "We are all Palestine" campaign, gifting 20 million dirhams (5.4 million dollars).
That was topped by ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum who shelled out 30 million dirhams (8.2 million dollars) during a telethon overnight Tuesday-Wednesday. Deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan chipped in 20 million dirhams.
Dubai's affluent trading families stumped up millions more while many women phoned in to pledge their gold, one giving all her wedding jewellery and another her Rolls Royce. Both asked to remain anonymous.
Interesting moral code. Lets see ...
Thou shalt randomly set off bombs that occassionally kill innocent children and babies.
Interesting.
But, where are the Arab states when the Palestinians are futilely trying to build and rebuild their industrial and economic infrastructure? And, where will they be when the current deadly tragedy finally ends, saner Palestinian minds prevail, and the Paletinians need some serious investment to jump start their economy and become a genuinely peaceful, productive nation?
Hint: Don't look behind doors 1, 2, 3 -- or the doors to any other Arab nation.
The fact is, the Palestinian people are as different from most of their Arab neighbors as night is from day. Once freed from the yoke of those among them who know only terror, extortion, and turmoil, they will prove themselves to be an industrious, affable, deocratic, and peaceful people. Economically. they will become to the Arab world what tiny Germany is to Europe.<p.And that is precisely why the other Arab nations want only to keep them at war.
What are you smoking?
If you had to answer "No" to one or more of those questions, than perhaps you might want to follow The Bard's advice on when it is more providential to listne than to talk.
Terrorism not only pays, it gushes cash!
When were you in "Palestine"?
In Ramallah, IDF control of Arafat's compound has revealed extensive counterfeiting.
"There is no place to hide."
"Dead or alive."
"Read my lips."
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