Posted on 04/21/2006 7:06:05 AM PDT by SJackson
Humanitarian aid is universally understood to provide “assistance to victims of natural disasters, war situations or other catastrophic events.” However, now this definition is expanding to include aiding a terrorist regime. Under the guise of “humanitarian aid,” money is beginning to flow to the HAMAS government.
To date, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Qatar have given the HAMAS led Palestinian Authority $192 million; the Saudis gave $92 million, and Qatar and Iran $50 each. Russia gave another $10 million, bringing total aid to the new PA administration to just over $200 million. The U.S. says it has authorized of $245 million for “Basic humanitarian assistance -- including health, food and education.”
In addition, the U.S. “will also provide $42 million to strengthen civil society and independent institutions.” UNRWA will distribute most of this aid. Since when do “education” and “strengthen[ing] civil society and independent institutions” qualify as “Humanitarian aid”?
HAMAS clearly has a different view of education and civil society: Culture minister ‘Atallah Abu Sabah announced, on April 8, the HAMAS government “would “work to reinforce the culture of resistance [i.e., violence and terrorism directed against Israel] and to instill it in the hearts of our boys and girls so that they may continue down the same path to the liberation of the Palestinian lands.” Surely, this is not the kind of education that the Administration, or the American public should aid.
Moreover, according to Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S) the daily international Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, reported on April 7, “the movement intended to continue operating its social, educational and charity institutions (the da'wah ).” The da’wah, the most effective tool in inculcating and indoctrinating its worldview among the Palestinian people – is first and foremost, hate propaganda and incitement.
Despite the very clear HAMAS statements about its agenda, aid money continues to flow. It seems the international donor community learned from HAMAS how to speak out of both sides of its mouth. While saying they refrain from funding the “terrorist” regime, they funnel money through alternative routes to HAMAS, but call it “humanitarian aid.” But as Gertrude Stein said: “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.”
Indeed, the terrorist organization Hamas, would not have won the election if, in the first place, the world community had refused to allow it to run. However, HAMAS was able to run because it addopted the name “List of Change and Reform,” just for the election. That was enough for the international community to allow HAMAS to run and to delude itself. Clearly they continue to do so.
The EU declared earlier this month that although $600 million of funds earmarked for the PA would be cut now that HAMAS has assumed control, some of that money “would now be channeled via humanitarian aid organisations.” French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, said on April 19, 2006, "It is absolutely out of the question ... to cut off humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Territories," And the French President Jacques Chirac declared that he supports “pursuing the aid on humanitarian grounds."
Yet, the money, according to the Palestinian Minister for Detainees Affairs Wasfi Qabha, will be used not to feed the Palestinian people, but first to pay the salaries of the Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons. Many were sentenced to life for murdering Israeli civilians and organizing suicide attacks on Israel.
On April 19, 2006, Qabha announced plans for his office to transfer PA funds, first, directly to Palestinian prisoners. Moreover, he said that the salaries for all prisoners will be raised to the level of the highest-paid among them.
Further, Detainee Minister Qabha criticized PA treasury officials who, during the transition following the January PA election, transferred salaries to the Authority’s civilian workers before paying the prisoners. In addition, he declared that the new PA government is investigating means of raising international demands to liberate Palestinian prisoners.
Yet the ranks of those governments willing to delude themselves and fund the HAMAS-led PA continues to grow. The latest to step forward is Britain. As British foreign secretary Jack Straw put it in on April 19, “we would like to have normal relations with them.” He further stated that the U.K. is “looking for ways to ensure that all of Britain's £56 million (over $100 million) contribution continued to reach Palestinians.”
"The United States remains committed to President Bush's vision of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is our desire to help provide for the basic humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people.
Consistent with these principles the United States will increase its humanitarian aid to help Palestinians in need. Basic humanitarian assistance -- including health, food and education -- will increase by 57 percent for a total of $245 million. The United States will also provide $42 million to strengthen civil society and independent institutions. Assistance will be administered through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and non-Palestinian Authority actors, including local and international nongovernmental organizations.
"Because the new Hamas-led Palestinian government has failed to accept the Quartet principles of nonviolence, recognition of Israel and respect for previous agreements between the parties, the United States is suspending assistance to the Palestinian government's cabinet and ministries. The new Palestinian government must make -- must take responsibility for the consequences of its policies. The path back to the roadmap is clear -- acceptance of the three principles. If it accepts the Quartet principles, or a new government comes to power that accepts them, funding can be restored."
I wouldn't mind giving the money if we would get credit for it in the minds of the average Joe_Palestinian. But I will never forget the images of Palestinians literally dancing in the streets as 3000 people were murdered on television in New York, PA and DC.
In short, f*ck them.
The moral decay is breathtaking.
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"I wouldn't mind giving the money if we would get credit for it in the minds of the average Joe_Palestinian."
Maybe we could demand that suicide bombers wear hats say "Sponsored with American money."
The vision of Palestinians dancing in the streets on 9-11-2001 is seared in my memory.
Screw these bastards.
Why am I and every other American supporting the people that elected HAMAS? This pisses me off to no end.
Their not there.
this is utter bulls*it..why am I fighting over here and were giving our money to the same fanatic ignorant *ssholes over there..this is blowing my f*cking mind
This government has totally lost its freaking mind. Why should my taxes go to a bunch of 7th century savages that have had almost as long as the Israelis to build a small nation?
I doubt much of this goes to food. It's for "strengthing institutions" and schools to teach jihad. We fund UNWRA already, about a third of the budget. With the originally budgeted $140 million in aid there wasn't any concern about children starving. Now that we've doubled their aid, I think the kids will be eating.
As to pressuring other countries, obviously we look like fools. Our Arab allies, and enemies, read this weakness.
The stupidity of my government never ceases to amaze me.
Yes, as well as if they gave funds to the palestinian government.
"As to pressuring other countries, obviously we look like fools. Our Arab allies, and enemies, read this weakness."
I'm having a hard time not seeing it that way myself.
What you said. +1....
"Bush's fault..."
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