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2006-02-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
The Palestinian Authority, by the numbers
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Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 no-skills, no industry, hate-feeding, breeders....

ooh! Look on the bright side!
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-02-28 00:09||   2006-02-28 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 The US provided about one-third of the nearly $1.1 billion in aid disbursed to the Palestine Authority (PA) and for Palestinian projects last year.

And some people are intent on bashing the Euros. I'll change my opinion if the US actually pulls this funding.
Posted by Rafael 2006-02-28 00:25||   2006-02-28 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 The Paleos single largest sources of funds - $500M - is tax revenues collected by the Israelis. There is talk Israel will stop doing this, since the 'single economic entity' envisaged under Camp David no longer makes sense (if it ever did).
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-02-28 00:26|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-02-28 00:26|| Front Page Top

#4 phil_b
It's approx 50 million.
Posted by gromgoru 2006-02-28 06:49||   2006-02-28 06:49|| Front Page Top

#5 gromguru, I think you'll find its $50M per month, regards.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-02-28 06:58|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-02-28 06:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Since they are getting aid from Egypt, and we are giving foreign aid to Egypt....what percentage of what we are sending to Cairo actually ends up with these mopes?

Shouldn't we be looking at cutting that, too?
Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-02-28 07:04|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-02-28 07:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Shouldn't we be looking at cutting that, too?

IMHO, all jizya should be ended.

"Unless you're selling something we want, no more cash will flow into Islamic lands."
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-02-28 07:55|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-02-28 07:55|| Front Page Top

#8 DBlondie

I doubt very much of the funds that the US provides to Egypt go to the PA.

Egypt has been decreasing their aid to the PA over the past decade. There is a lot of anti Palestinian feeling in the Egyptian population because of kidnappings, assaults and anti Egypt remarks by Paleos.

But I agree that Egypt gets way too much in the way of American aid.
Posted by mhw 2006-02-28 08:20||   2006-02-28 08:20|| Front Page Top

#9 The thing to notice is how little is given by other Arabs and mooselimbs.
Posted by Spot">Spot  2006-02-28 10:37||   2006-02-28 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Giving money to the Palestinians is utterly immoral and disgusting, when tehre are people far more in need (eg Black soudanese) who get far less.

In fact gicven that after fify eight years they are still scratching their balls in refugee camps when every other people from Cypriot Greeks to Oriental Jews expelled in 1948 are living from their work.

Given the massive corruption

Given thir support to genocidiacl movements.

Given the repellant acts they have perpetrated not only againt Israelis but also against Lebanese and Iraquis.

Given that during the cartoon riots they threatened the very countries who have ben feding them for decades.

I propose that not only all funding from US or Europe being cut but that they are forced to give back every penny of western aid they ever received

Let give that money to people who really need, who are not terrorists and failed genociders.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2006-02-28 10:53||   2006-02-28 10:53|| Front Page Top

#11 I wonder how much these cuts are really going to hurt. As tw noted, quite a bit of the money never circulated in the country. I understand Hamas won partly on the sense that they weren't crooks like Fatah: they actually provided services, etc. So if they turn out to be relatively uncorrupt it might offset the losses; maybe even completely offset them. Which would, unfortunately, boost their prestige and strengthen their mandate to govern/kill neighbors.
Posted by James">James  2006-02-28 15:01|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]  2006-02-28 15:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Good point, James. I wondered that myself. And, color me pink, but to learn that SA donated $76 million for their "brothers?" I was shocked it was even that much, lol.
Posted by BA 2006-02-28 15:11||   2006-02-28 15:11|| Front Page Top

#13 phil_b, sorry. Paying our own executioners.
Posted by gromgoru 2006-02-28 15:48||   2006-02-28 15:48|| Front Page Top

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