What International Aid is Buying the Palestinians
Our image of the West Bank and Gaza is dominated by pictures of the slums of the old refugee camps, which the Palestinian government has done little to rehabilitate, that the media love to highlight.
Palestinians receive a disproportionate share of development assistance, which comes at the expense of needy populations elsewhere.
According to a report last year by Global Humanitarian Assistance, in 2013 the Palestinians received $793 million in international aid, second only to Syria. This amounts to $176 for each Palestinian, by far the highest per capita assistance in the world. Syria, where more than 250,000 people have been killed and 6.5 million refugees displaced since 2011, received only $106 per capita.
The PA’s annual budget for supporting Palestinian terrorists in 2014 was roughly $75 million. That amounted to some 16% of the foreign donations the PA received annually.
The PA parliament, which has not met for a decade, costs NIS 57m a year (per the Palestinian Authority annual budgets). That is more than $150 million dollars "hush money" paid to erstwhile Palestinian politicians to avoid
democratic elections for ten years and allow Abbas to run his dictatorship. European politicians must be proud of the way they use their constituents' taxes to fund the PA budget!
However, a parallel Palestinian society is emerging, one that is enjoying quite a bit of luxury.
Check out the photo album of luxury on the West Bank
And take a look at everyday life in some areas of Gaza
Palestinians receive a disproportionate share of development assistance, which comes at the expense of needy populations elsewhere.
According to a report last year by Global Humanitarian Assistance, in 2013 the Palestinians received $793 million in international aid, second only to Syria. This amounts to $176 for each Palestinian, by far the highest per capita assistance in the world. Syria, where more than 250,000 people have been killed and 6.5 million refugees displaced since 2011, received only $106 per capita.
The PA’s annual budget for supporting Palestinian terrorists in 2014 was roughly $75 million. That amounted to some 16% of the foreign donations the PA received annually.
The PA parliament, which has not met for a decade, costs NIS 57m a year (per the Palestinian Authority annual budgets). That is more than $150 million dollars "hush money" paid to erstwhile Palestinian politicians to avoid
democratic elections for ten years and allow Abbas to run his dictatorship. European politicians must be proud of the way they use their constituents' taxes to fund the PA budget!
However, a parallel Palestinian society is emerging, one that is enjoying quite a bit of luxury.
Check out the photo album of luxury on the West Bank
And take a look at everyday life in some areas of Gaza
