So, hands up, anyone who actually thought the Euros wouldn’t eventually consent to giving a murdering, terrorist organization that doesn’t pretend otherwise the same funding they were already giving, well, a murdering, terrorist organization that pretends it isn’t.
Because, well, we were right.
The United Nations launched Thursday a campaign to raise USD 450 million in aid to the Palestinians in 2007. According to the organization, the fundraising campaign is the largest ever in the Palestinian Authority and the third largest in the world.
Because the palestinians are in so much worse a state than, say, the Sudanese. Or most any other African nation.
According to the UN, 65 percent of Palestinians were living in poverty and 29 percent were unemployed. The Palestinian health care system is running out of medicine and on the verge of collapse, and nearly 50 percent of Palestinians do not have reliable access to food.
In addition, some 160,000 Palestinian Authority employees, who support about a million people, have not received their paychecks in recent months.
What a load of bullshit. Let’s take a look at what Hamas said about their financial affairs just two days ago:
Palestinian Authority Planning Minister Samir Abu Aisheh of Hamas said the cash that was brought by Hamas officials was handed over to the PA Finance Ministry. He also revealed that the Hamas-led government has managed to pay 69% of the salaries to the PA’s 160,000 civil servants during the same period.
Gee. Somebody isn’t telling the truth here. I wonder who.
PA officials are eagerly anticipating a possible crack in the economic siege imposed on the Palestinians.
The Palestinian news agency Maan, quoting a senior member of the Palestinian government, reported Wednesday that “ministers of the Hamas-led government recently held talks with European countries and with a delegation of the American Democratic Party.
According to the source, in the talks, the European officials showed their understanding for Hamas’ stance.
I am starting to believe the hardliners who say that the EU is simply outsourcing their anti-Semitism to the Arabs this time around.
Yeah, I’m getting more and more hardline myself. I’ve noticed that a lot lately. But they say a pessimist is a disappointed optimist. And a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.
Me? I’m an Israel pundit who has seen the same scene play out, over and over again, without change, all the while with the players insisting that something different will happen this time.
You would think they’d learn.