JMS Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I wonder if we are taking it out of Israel's allowance? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/pl_nm/us_palestinians_clinton_4 U.S. plans "substantial" pledge at Gaza meeting WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to offer more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel's invasion and to strengthen the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, U.S. officials said on Monday. The money, which needs U.S. congressional approval, will be distributed through U.N. and other bodies and not via the militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, said one official. "This money is for Gaza and to help strengthen the Palestinian Authority. It is not going to go to Hamas," said the official, who asked not to be named as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton planned to announce the funding at a donors' conference in Egypt next week. Neither the United States nor Israel have direct contact with the Islamist Hamas movement which runs Gaza and remains formally committed to the destruction of the Jewish state. The official said the pledge was a mix of money already earmarked for the Palestinians and some new funding. "The package is still shaping up," he said, when asked for specifics over how the money would be spent and a breakdown of old and new funding. In December, the former Bush administration said it would give $85 million to the U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The March 2 donors' conference in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort aims to raise humanitarian and rebuilding funds for Gaza after Israel's invasion last December to suppress rocket fire against its cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I wonder if we are taking it out of Israel's allowance? I'm sure you really don't wonder that at all. You know it won't...even if it should Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 economic turmoil every where we look, yet somehow nearly a billion dollars to Gaza is ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah, cool, awesome! More money we don't have. Let's celebrate. In fact, we should all get our own money printing machines. Hey, all the cool kids in government are doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I can't believe nobody has a comment about this. Failed Bush policy in the Middle East, turned around 180 degrees and accellerating in the other direction? Putting Obama and Netanyahoo, to say nothing of Yisrael Beiteinu suddenly mainstream party.... ( third biggest vote getter in the last Israeli Knesset elections.. ) on a collision coarse.. Here's a recent editorial description of Ultra Nationalist / Populist Yisrael Beiteinu, If you weren't familiar with his politics. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-24/israels-dangerous-choice/ an odious, racist, populist politician who has publicly called for the drowning of Palestinian prisoners, the execution of Palestinian-Israeli parliament members, the bombing of all Palestinian-owned businesses, the obliteration of Gaza “just like the United States did with the Japanese in World War II,” and the expulsion of Arab citizens from Israel whom Lieberman deems “disloyal.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah, cool, awesome!More money we don't have. Let's celebrate. In fact, we should all get our own money printing machines. Hey, all the cool kids in government are doing it! What makes it even harder to swallow is that we are using money we don't have to repair things that someone else broke using money we gave them(and we didn't have that money either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 What makes it even harder to swallow is that we are using money we don't have to repair things that someone else broke using money we gave them(and we didn't have that money either). And, when you think about it, it will go to waste. Israel is going to attack them again sooner or later. It's inevitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 And, when you think about it, it will go to waste.Israel is going to attack them again sooner or later. It's inevitable. Pretty much exactly correct. The Europeans back in the mid 1990's looked at the Palistinians economic development and decided a modern airport would dramatically improve their development. The Europeans put a hundred million dollars into an Airport into the west bank. It was one of the first things the Israeli's destroyed when they rolled tanks up to Yasser Arafat's door step when the peace process failed. Still that's not an argument to not make the investment. It's an argument against broad punitive operations against the Palistinians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dictator Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 all this after the president spoke of fiscal responsibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 And, when you think about it, it will go to waste.Israel is going to attack them again sooner or later. It's inevitable. And guess what they are going to use? Stuff they bought...with money we gave them...money we didn't have. Now, what do you think our "return" on this "investment" is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I hear this on the news this morning and it disgusts me. $900 million for Gaza? Our own infrastructure is crumbling and we're gonna fix up Gaza!? Good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 What's new about it ? We have been funding Palestinians for decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Every time Israel and Palestine fight, they'll be using weapons funded by US and destroying properties build with US funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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