I try to keep things reasonably original around here, but Peggy Shapiro over at "The American Thinker" has written such a wonderful article that I must reword some of that article here and quote some excerpts.
One of the arrows in the quiver of the anti Israel crowd is the amount of aid sent to Israel, on a yearly basis, from the United States. And this isn't untrue, the US sends about $5 billion per year to the state of Israel in the form of loans and other gifts. But what about the money sent to the Palestinians? Well in 2009 the Palestinians are projected to receive $4.5 billion. And considering the Palestinians are about one third the number of Israelis, this works out to a high per capita receipt. In 2008 the Palestinians received $3.5 billion. The 2009 projection would mean over $4,000 per Palestinian household. And if you consider that the Palestinians have stayed "refugees" for 60 years, well the dollars seem to pile up (Palestinian refugee status is inherited generation after generation).
So where did the money go? How did the Palestinians (and their relief agency UNRWA) squander this money? Well first and foremost, the United Nations in its exceptionally finite wisdom staffs the UNRWA with Palestinians, which is a bit curious as it doesn't conduct outside audits of this organization. But the destructive power of an Islamic society is the ultimate cause, and I think it is summed up in this paragraph from Shapiro describing the almost entirely Muslim Gaza Strip:
That is about it right there. Self sabotage. Rampant barbarism, lawlessness, and tribal thuggery are the orders of the day. After 1949 there were roughly 800,000 Jews in Israel and 700,000 Palestinian refugees (some say 800,000). Now let's look at the trajectory of those two peoples who inhabited the same land. It is quite telling indeed.
I would blame the Jews for all my problems if I were a Palestinian. How else would I cover up such gross incompetence, theft, and stupidity.
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The original article on The American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/dollars_for_hate_1.html
One of the arrows in the quiver of the anti Israel crowd is the amount of aid sent to Israel, on a yearly basis, from the United States. And this isn't untrue, the US sends about $5 billion per year to the state of Israel in the form of loans and other gifts. But what about the money sent to the Palestinians? Well in 2009 the Palestinians are projected to receive $4.5 billion. And considering the Palestinians are about one third the number of Israelis, this works out to a high per capita receipt. In 2008 the Palestinians received $3.5 billion. The 2009 projection would mean over $4,000 per Palestinian household. And if you consider that the Palestinians have stayed "refugees" for 60 years, well the dollars seem to pile up (Palestinian refugee status is inherited generation after generation).
So where did the money go? How did the Palestinians (and their relief agency UNRWA) squander this money? Well first and foremost, the United Nations in its exceptionally finite wisdom staffs the UNRWA with Palestinians, which is a bit curious as it doesn't conduct outside audits of this organization. But the destructive power of an Islamic society is the ultimate cause, and I think it is summed up in this paragraph from Shapiro describing the almost entirely Muslim Gaza Strip:
Even if there is a miraculous shift in the Palestinian government and UNRWA opens its books to pubic scrutiny, money won't address the problems of a people who are so indoctrinated against Israel that hate trumps survival. When Ariel Sharon forced Gaza's Jewish inhabitants to move out, they left behind state-of-the-art greenhouses which produced high-end flowers, fruits, and vegetables to large international markets. Expecting the greenhouses to be an economic boon for Palestinian Gazans and thus a step towards peace, American Jewish donors contributed $14 million to buy the greenhouses from their owners and transfer them to the Palestinian Authority. Former World Bank president James Wolfensohn, who acted as the broker, threw in half a million dollars of his own money to make the deal happen. Within hours after the disengagement, Palestinians looted and destroyed the greenhouses even though they were destroying their own chances for an economic revival.
That is about it right there. Self sabotage. Rampant barbarism, lawlessness, and tribal thuggery are the orders of the day. After 1949 there were roughly 800,000 Jews in Israel and 700,000 Palestinian refugees (some say 800,000). Now let's look at the trajectory of those two peoples who inhabited the same land. It is quite telling indeed.
I would blame the Jews for all my problems if I were a Palestinian. How else would I cover up such gross incompetence, theft, and stupidity.
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The original article on The American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/dollars_for_hate_1.html
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Though an admirer of your forthright, dispassionate opinions and rigorous prose, please allow me to take issue with you here.
Is there any evidence that the Palestinians who looted the greenhouses knew that they had recently been donated to the Palestinian Authority, and did they know that they could have proven economically beneficial? There may well be more facts to bring to bear, but judging by the information provided in your article, an equally reasonable (I'm being generous) conclusion would be that a rampant Palestinian mob 'merely' sought to defile the recently abandoned properties of the perceived enemy. Your accusation (and the circumstance under which they could be condemned in your terms) of 'self-sabotage' is that they acted in the full knowledge that they were shitting on their own doorstep, but that sating their barbaric urges was more important.
Of course, wanton destruction should be decried, but that's another issue altogether.
Although I support Israel more than many, and am largely appalled by Muslim anti-culture, it appears that your vehemence occasionally gets the better of your reason. While Islam (generally) deserves vehement criticism and opposition, I don't think you should let your support for a cause be divorced from the reason why the cause merits your support; what stems from the cause must be careful not to become the cause itself.
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Diogenes,
Well, the issue is brought into a starker relief when you view this sabotage in the larger context of Palestinian civil society, which has been one of grand sabotage.
Peace processes sabotaged. Cease fires sabotaged. Etc... the need to create destruction seems to outweigh, in almost every instance the desire to create a functioning civil society.
I always note, with some interest, the various "protests" that occur in Muslim areas (you know every time someone throws a Qur'an in a toilet), that these violent mobs end up burning their own cars and buildings. For instance the recent unrest in Algerian areas in France, where the Algerians rioted, destroying what little they did have.
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