'Palestinians' snubbed again
About six weeks ago, I blogged an al-Arabiya online poll that showed that most Arabs are tired of hearing about the 'Palestinians.' The poll showed that 71% of the Arab population no longer follows the conflict between Israel and the 'Palestinians.' The Arab governments now appear to have gotten the message that their 'streets' no longer care about the 'Palestinians.' Most of the Arab countries have failed to meet their previous pledges to provide the Palestinians with financial aid, the PA said. With the exception of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Arab world was continuing to ignore the Palestinians’ repeated requests for help, the PA added.Now, if only the West would get the same message, maybe the 'Palestinians' would realize that they should cut a deal while they still have the chance. Heh.
Last week, PA President Mahmoud Abbas complained that the Palestinians haven’t seen “one cent” of the hundreds of millions of dollars that the Arab countries promised them, especially during the latest Arab summit in Libya last March.
Abbas said he raised the issue with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during their meeting in Tripoli last week and voiced hope that the Arab countries would finally live up to their promises.
Earlier this week and under pressure from the US administration, the UAE agreed to donate more than $40 million to the PA budget.
According to a PA official, the donation is needed to pay salaries of civil servants and members of the Palestinian security forces.
The official pointed out that the UAE and Saudi Arabia were the only Arab countries who have made significant donations to the Palestinians in the past two years.
However, the official said that this year the two countries donated less than half of what they gave the PA last year.
In 2009, Saudi Arabia gave the Palestinians $240m. In comparison, the Palestinians received only $30m. from the Saudis between January 1, 2010, and the end of last month.
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According to figures released by the PA, only 22 percent of the $530m. received since the beginning of this year arrived from Arab donors. The rest came from Western countries and organizations, including the US.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:08 AM
2 Comments:
The West cares about the Palestinians more than the Arabs do.
As a means of currying favor with the Arab World, its no longer brings in the mileage it used to.
Why bother? You'll have to ask Obama to explain that one.
What could go wrong indeed
As an American I hate that we keep donating to countries that not only despise us but would happily destroy us if given the chance.
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