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2006-11-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Bickering, pride curb ~~Arabs in general~~ Palestinians

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-20 09:34|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Very few Palestinians have openly condemned Hamas and Fatah for not putting aside their many differences. Nevertheless, there has been general disbelief at how long it has taken for the two sides to agree on something -- anything -- that might restore the outside money that has fuelled Gaza and the West Bank for decades.

As always, ZERO questions were asked regarding why, after billions of dollars and dozens of years, the Palestinians still have nothing to show in the way of a functional economy. The term: "One massive welfare state" springs to mind.

Yet, perversely, at the same time, there has been stubborn pride at how Palestinians have managed to withstand strict western donor sanctions that have cost the territories about $100-million a month in lost revenues.

That money accounts for half of the Palestinian Authority budget. It is what has paid for a grossly bloated bureaucracy, overlapping security services as well as for hospitals and schools to care for and educate what is one of the world's fastest growing populations.

One of "the world's fastest growing populations" has no economic engine. What happens when a lasting peace is achieved? How will this nation of beggars support all of these children? Obviously, the answer is none of the above. NO peaceful resolution is anticipated for this Arab whipping boy and NO self-support is required for these professional parasites who feed upon the world's largess.

So, despite having been made miserable by the economic blockade, Palestinians have continued to cleave to an unwinnable political position even as it holds them and the shattered peace process hostage. This pride has, in turn, provided Gaza and the West Bank's perpetually bankrupt political masters with an excuse to continue dithering.

Which is why killing off their leadership would send such a strong message. Like; "Lack of progress comes with a price tag attached."

Even the international sympathy and the concomitant political capital that the Palestinians garnered after 18 civilians were killed during a botched Israeli operation 12 days ago in the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun was squandered last Wednesday when a barrrage of crude Qassam rockets fired from Gaza killed an Israeli woman and severed the legs of an Israeli man.

And here the media sorely needs a major pimpslap. They perpetuate the myth that errant Irraeli artillery fire caused the al-Athamna family's demise instead of holding them responsible for storing explosives in their own home. Further, they fail to note how one Israeli fatality was a Muslim man nor do they mention that the terrorists time their rocket launches to conincide with when Israeli children are walking to school. Evil.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-20 16:21|| 2006-11-20 16:21|| Front Page Top

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