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Palestinian Authority faces cash crunch as Arab states cut aid
Reuters ^ | 8/19/10 | Staff

Posted on 08/19/2010 12:12:22 PM PDT by Nachum

Arab states have cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority so far this year, according to PA figures seen by Reuters, and the United Nations has warned of a looming Palestinian cash crisis. "The Arabs are not paying. We urge them to meet their financial pledges," said Saleh Rafat, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee (Snip) The failure of some wealthy Arab states to pay up is frustrating Western governments, which are big contributors to the Palestinian territories

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: authority; cash; faces; palestinian

1 posted on 08/19/2010 12:12:26 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Obama will give them billions. Don’t worry.


2 posted on 08/19/2010 12:13:31 PM PDT by whitedog57
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To: whitedog57

Exactly my thoughts. If he does, he needs to be run out of office.


3 posted on 08/19/2010 12:16:41 PM PDT by RC2 (Remember who we are. "I am America")
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To: Nachum

How can I support my family of nine without a job?


4 posted on 08/19/2010 12:16:53 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: whitedog57
I'm sure the pa’li hot-line is ringing in the Oval Office this very minute.
5 posted on 08/19/2010 12:17:02 PM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Nachum

They have plenty of money if they bought food and built infrastructure instead of bullets and bombs.


6 posted on 08/19/2010 12:25:05 PM PDT by lurk
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To: whitedog57

Time for Uncle Sugar to step in.


7 posted on 08/19/2010 12:25:18 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: Nachum
The US, EU and Arabs all provide money.

The US and EU have all paid their promised contribution, while the Arab states of Saudi Arabia and the UAE - which paid $415mm last year have only paid $30mm this year.

8 posted on 08/19/2010 12:26:41 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Nachum

What do they do for a living there?


9 posted on 08/19/2010 12:31:30 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Nachum

Perhaps Mayor Bloomberg will donate a couple hundred million to the PA, set them all up nice and move out of NYC - he could be the the new Ramallah mayor.


10 posted on 08/19/2010 12:33:48 PM PDT by MissyMack66
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To: lurk

The Pali bastards need to be on the recieving end of bullets and bombs.


11 posted on 08/19/2010 12:51:38 PM PDT by Levante
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To: Nachum

Let them feed themselves.


12 posted on 08/19/2010 1:01:06 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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If you think about all the billions of dollars the USA, Europe, and Arab states have given the PLO, it would be enough to make every Palestinian a millionaire, and I am not exaggerating one iota.

When Yassar Arafat died, he supposedly had squirreled away several hundred million dollars that he skimmed off of aid.


13 posted on 08/19/2010 1:24:14 PM PDT by WaterBoard
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To: Nachum

No problem. Hussein will pony up taxpayer billions to his fellow Muzzies!!!


14 posted on 08/19/2010 1:43:27 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Nachum

No problem. Hussein will pony up taxpayer billions to his fellow Muzzies!!!


15 posted on 08/19/2010 1:43:47 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: WaterBoard

Good money thrown after bad.


16 posted on 08/19/2010 2:28:40 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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