"As long as young people feel they have got no hope but to blow themselves up, you are never going to make progress."
-- Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
"The Palestinians are fighting with human suicide bombers, that's all they have. The Israelis ... they've got one of the most powerful military machines in the world. The Palestinians have nothing. So, who are the terrorists? I would make a case that both sides are involved in terrorism."
-- Ted Turner, Founder of CNN
"When young people go to their deaths, we can all feel a degree of compassion for those youngsters - they must be so depressed and misguided to do this...."
-- Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary
As the war against international terrorism continues, the situation in Israel is deteriorating rapidly with continued attacks against innocent men, women, and children. A degree of moral confusion has emerged with prominent world dignitaries expressing sympathy and compassion for the suicide bombers.
At the same time, the European Union, after the United Nations the most influential international body, representing 15 member states, has been a main benefactor of the Palestinian Authority. It recently announced a further grant of $17.7 million (U.S.) to the P.A.
With homicide mass murders unabating, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has strongly protested to EU External Affairs Commissioner, Chris Patten, that any further funding of the PA should be suspended until the European Union conducts an independent investigation to determine if any of these fund are being diverted to support acts of terror.
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