[Catspaw]

It's another $200 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, on top of the $300 million we just gave them. (The EU and Arab League gives them around a billion in direct aid.) That doesn't include indirect aid we give the Palestinians via the UN and other sources...oh well, a couple hundred million here, a couple hundred million there--pretty soon it adds up to real money.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/938730/posts

[My2Cents]

The problem with the aid to the PA isn't that we've provided it, but that it's been robbed by that slob Arafat. If further aid provides stability and gives a fledgling PA leadership that is reasonable and determined to change 50 years of hatred toward Israel, all the money you mention, and more, will have been worth the investment.