Lies the AP tells me

Funny how the world can ignore the fact that the palestinian terrortories [sic] have been nothing other than a welfare state for the past 39 years, and write crap like this, that pretends otherwise:

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Swallowing their pride, thousands of Palestinian government workers who have been living without salaries for nearly four months received food packets from the United Nations.

The 90,000 Palestinian refugees who work in the public sector used to enjoy a rare luxury in Gaza – a steady income. That ended when Israel and the West imposed a boycott on the Hamas-led government after it took office in March, demanding that the Islamic militants recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept previous peace accords.

The workers haven’t been paid since then. On Sunday, 90,000 workers and their families joined the ranks of 635,000 other impoverished Gazans, dependent on the United Nations Relief Works Agency for basic food products. Previously, government workers were not eligible for the food aid because of their steady income.

Sahar Hanoun, 32, had mixed feelings. She said she can use the 200 shekels (about $44) worth of food, but it hurts. “How did it come to this?” she said, turning away. “A respected government employee getting handouts. We also have dignity.”

Here’s a clue, morons: When the public sector is paid through funds provided from other countries, it is not independent. And gee, in the next paragraph, even the AP admits the pals are welfare queens:

UNRWA has been providing this kind of assistance for decades. The agency was created to aid refugees from the 1948-49 war that followed Israel’s creation and has been helping them ever since.

What the AP does not mention is that this is not done for any other refugees of any other war that has happened since the existence of the UN. You’ll notice there are not still agencies to help the Jews who were displaced by the Nazis, and neither are their agencies to help the Jews that were displaced by the Arab states that threw them out after the establishment of Israel—but not before stealing most of their money and possessions.

But the poor, poor, pitiful pals—they have a 58-year-old agency looking after their needs, and handouts from half the world.

Um Tayseer, a 52-year-old housewife, came to the distribution point without telling her husband. “He’s a respected government employee. He’s never taken a coupon in his life,” she said, refusing to give her full name. “I came but I am embarrassed,” she said, adding that her 14 dependents could live off the goods for only a week.

Your husband’s salary comes from nothing but coupons, honey. Go ahead and keep those eyes closed. We know the truth.