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| Int'l donors: No payday for PA |
| 2005-12-15 |
| Today's feel good story. The Palestinian Authority was denied extra funds at Wednesday's donor conference in London because it failed to adhere to spending limitations, according to Israeli and international sources at the meeting. The PA had hoped to use the meeting of international goverments, called the Ad-Hoc Liason Committee, to secure additional money, but the donors expressed concern that the Palestinians had exceeded their budget on payroll and weren't inclined to provide more funds. The request was outside the scope of the gathering, which was not a formal pledging conference but was intended to establish a policy position for the spring when pledges will be made. A World Bank study released ahead of the conference reported that the PA could go bankrupt if it didn't curb its salary spending. The PA has been running a monthly deficit of $57.1 million, accumulating a total deficit of $542 million through September, according to the report. The document produced at the conclusion of the meeting cited, among other concerns, that "The PA has not managed to maintain budget discipline, and the situation has become untenable." More at the link. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #4 The only thing nowadays that the Paleos produce are dead innocents. Since the early 90s, the Islamics have been pushing the Paleo Christians out of places like Bethlehem, and destroying the traditional pilgrimage industries that supported so many people in those areas. Now, Christian tourism is almost non-existent and the Paleo Christians are an endangered species in the formerly Christian areas of the West Bank. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2005-12-15 20:47 |
| #3 Its good news because without extra money they will have to slash the payroll and that means more people who aren't being paid off and brings the end game closer. The Paleos don't produce anything (well hardly anything) that anyone wants. They are entirely dependant on international welfare. They are just not viable as a economic entity and I see no possible way they could be. Without that welfare they will either starve or leave. Less money means more fighting over a smaller pot of money, more chaos, and the donors get more fed up with pouring money down a hole. The road map doesn't mean anything and never did, because its predicated on the Paleos achieving some semblance of a viable state and I see no possibility of that. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-12-15 16:21 |
| #2 The Palestinian Authority was denied extra funds at Wednesday's donor conference in London because it failed to adhere to spending limitations, according to Israeli and international sources at the meeting. Hardly good news I would have preferred: The Palestinian Authority was denied extra funds at Wednesday's donor conference in London because it failed to meet their road-map commitments, according to Israeli and international sources at the meeting. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-12-15 15:42 |
| #1 Oops. Geez, blow up a couple of subways in London, burn a few thousand cars in France, behead people in SE Asia, and all of a sudden the terrorists' enablers find the bloom is off the rose for some reason. If they just stuck to killing Joooooos.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-12-15 14:54 |