Decades of Generous Aid Leaves 2.4M Palestinians in Poverty
Palestine has been receiving escalating amounts of aid from the international community since 1950, over $5 billion since 1993 and $1.2 billion in 2006 alone. But according to the latest UN report:
Seven out of ten Palestinian households were in poverty today; nine out of ten in Gaza and one in two in the West Bank.
Only one in three people had a job. Each employed person supported six dependents.
The UN, of course, manages to put the entire blame on Israel. It does not mention that by 2002, 14 percent of aid money was being redirected to finance terrorist activities, and that this has only gotten worse since a terrorist organization has taken over the government. Much worse.
Update: The Philadelphia Daily News reports the Real Palestinian 'Catastorphe':
In the early morning of May 15, Hamas used mortars, missiles and machine guns to attack a Presidential Guard contingent belonging to Fatah that was stationed near the Karni border crossing with Israel. Hamas then hit a jeep carrying Fatah reinforcements, and ensured their targets were dead by shooting them in the head at close range.
When the shooting was over, 10 Fatah members were dead, with a similar number wounded.
Suddenly aware that their unprovoked massacre may have gone too far, Hamas claimed it was Israel who had actually killed the Fatah people and threatened any journalist who dared report otherwise.
Then, in a truly perverse twist, Hamas launched more than 20 rockets at the Israeli town of Sderot "to take revenge" for the massacre they themselves had committed. . . .
Instead of taking responsibility for their role in shaping their destiny, on virtually every occasion, the Palestinians have twisted their worldview to put the blame solely on Israel.
There is no self-awareness, not to mention self-criticism. No sense of accountability.
As have all Arabs. It's easier to blame all your problems on someone else than to try and fix them yourself.
Blog post #6647 in category
Israel/Palestine
posted 29 May 07