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2015-01-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

UN halts Gaza house repairs saying donors failed to pay up

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Posted by Steve White 2015-01-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Je Suis broke?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-01-28 03:21|| 2015-01-28 03:21|| Front Page Top

#2 It was the largest single ask in UNRWA's history.

However, it follows a similar pattern to previous examples of promises made to the Palestinians, for example, in the Sharm el-Sheikh conference in 2009; pledges totaled 4.7 billion dollars, none of which reached Gaza.

Still it is interesting to look at some of the pledges here and the fact only $77 million arrived; I leave to the reader here to speculate.

Qatar promised $1 billion.
Saudi $450 million
EU $450 million
US $212 million
Kuwait $200 million
Turkey $200 million
United Arab Emirates $200m
Japan $200 million
German $63 million
France $38 million
Italy $24 million and almost $40 million a bit later

Posted by BernardZ 2015-01-28 08:22|| 2015-01-28 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 “It is unclear why this funding has not been forthcoming,”
No one cares for action, only headlines.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-01-28 09:34|| 2015-01-28 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 “It is unclear why this funding has not been forthcoming,” it added.

What's the magic word, you ungrateful assholes?

Posted by tu3031 2015-01-28 09:58|| 2015-01-28 09:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, almost all of it was delivered. Unf5, much of it was diverted to the pockets of Hamas leaders, and the tunnel rebuilding fund.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-01-28 10:24|| 2015-01-28 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Typical result of a typical lefty proggie mentality. It's all about feel good intentions, not about results.

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-28 12:22|| 2015-01-28 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Why even bother rebuilding? The Paleos are just going to yet again piss of the Perfidious Juices who will then bomb all the fresh construction back to rubble. Better to adapt and learn to live in the shells of ruined buildings and rubble piles. Should make for some great photo ops!

Posted by SteveS 2015-01-28 13:56|| 2015-01-28 13:56|| Front Page Top

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