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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (228737)4/25/2007 11:33:58 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Maybe Barry Rubin can explain it to you:

Fine, lets see how well he does:

Oops, problem #1:

Estimates are that around $1.2 billion was given as aid to the PA last year.... Palestinians are the biggest per capita aid recipients in the world, even in a period when aid has supposedly been reduced.

Now the facts: Pals got cir $300/person.

Israel got 2.56B/6.2M = $412/person just from the USA government, not including private donors. And this does not include the effects of loan deals either, which are substantial.

The rest of his article is the typical litany that Pals are beyond hope, so there is nothing we can do. Fine, if that is your attitude, sit and stew for the next 50 years while the Pals reproduce and your own citizens slowly go live in nicer countries. Then ask yourself if things look more likely to produce a better result than they did 50 years earlier.
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