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US sees Palestinian forces needing billions in aid
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Published: 09.02.08, 17:07
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1. US sees Palestinian forces needing billions in aid
Daniel ,   Israel   (02.09.08)
Why don't you audit previous accounts?
2. So they are going to donate money to the
jason white ,   afula,israel   (02.09.08)
killers of Jews. Arm and train the terrorist murderers of Jews? Are they crazy? The U.S. cries almost daily about the weapons,bombs and training the iranians give to the terrorists the kill American soldiers. Or the terrorists that enter from syria. But the same ones want to train, arm and pay terrorists to kill Israelis. If we had a government with guts,they would hit all the c.i.a. and U.S. army trainers. With a lot of collateral damage!
3. a waste of US money
fisherman ,   California   (02.09.08)
The US has enough money problems for it to make a situation WORSE by funding Fatah. Much of the money would get diverted to Hamas as a Fatah goodwill gesture (it's happened before) and much of the rest would line the pockets of the Fatah elite. Feh!
4. "only 86mil spent so far"
muhammed ,   gaza city   (02.09.08)
...on kassam rockets, riffels, explosives, other weapons and bonbons. please UN and USA, send the rest for more of all this so we can flush our future down the toilet!
5. US wants to finance an enemy army.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (02.09.08)
Thanks a lot.
6. waist of money
yoel ,   raanana   (02.09.08)
Previously Pr. Bush always spoke about bringing democracy for peace. Now, we hear about weaponry and new Police forces... It seems US changed opinion, and learnt from Iraq that for arabs Dictators are better. Unfortunately the US are not right, and they should better think about how to bring hope to people, and save them from people who take the money for their own swiss bank accounts. In summary, money for food and not for weapons. But in my opinion, less money would be better, and send people to learn Pals how ton manage their Economy.
7. Cue: Patton music
Gideon Reader ,   USA   (02.09.08)
Any chance that I could a couple a three mil for walkin' around money? $86M. Are they freakin' nutz? Oh. Yeah. OK. And at the end of the arm the troops, train the troops, you get a bunch of savages with shiney toys that go bang and new uniforms on unwashed un civilized bodies that are prepared to engage in further civil wars. How cool is that?
8. bunch of fools
Bernie ,   Seattle WA   (02.09.08)
Our Gvt. is such a bunch of fools don't they realize where the money will go? half into the pockets of the crooked politicians and their cronies and the other half to buy weapons to use against Israel and supply the terrorists with bullets guns weapons and bombs. We have so many people here in the USA living below the poverty level that we can ill afford to line Abbas's pockets the way Clinton lined Arafat's pockets. The arabs who live under the PA are complaining that they are starving while printing counterfeit dollars to use in Egypt, while Suha Arafat lives in luxury, while Mahmud Abbas and his buddies wear tailor made suits and sport haircuts worthy of our own Breck Girl John Edwards coiffure.
9. Billions to the P.A.
Malka Ziv ,   Hofit   (02.09.08)
Did the PA end its terrorist ways? Stop state-sanctioned incitement against Israel and the West? Change Fatah's charter (forget about Hamas) calling for Israel's destruction? Alas, no, no and no. We are heaping riches on the PA for other reasons, one of which I discuss below. Despite a tiny (and decreasing) number of Christians, the PA is a land of Islam – Dar al-Islam. That makes Israel, the object of the PA's destructive animus, Dar al-Harb, land of war, right? Right. But not according to the PC script of the "international community." We never, ever discuss the Islamic context of "Arab-Israeli" conflicts. But how else can we hope to understand them? Jihad ideology inspires the Arab struggle against Israel. It also explains it. As the only non-Muslim country amid Middle Eastern Dar-al Islam, as the only "dhimmi" nation to reclaim its land once conquered by Islam, Israel's very existence is a religious offense to the "umma," or Islamic community as explained at : http://tinyurl.com/2yg4vl
10. LETS ADD CONDITIONS TO THIS
zionist forever   (02.09.08)
Not simply add the title peace process in front to justify this unconditional spending on armining and training terrorists. How about first stage is get the politicians to formerly say peace peace and only peace and a complete end to armed resistance, any palestian carrying out a terror attack will be arrested and punished severley not just a short stay in Jericho prison with all the luxuries of home so Abbas can say he is doing something peace must come before anything else terrorists must stop being treated as martyrs. School books & teachers must stop teaching about the glory of jihad and all maps must include an Israel. Speeches given in english must be the same as the ones given in arabic. When we see a little bit of peacemaking politcal action which involves more than going to summits n Annapolis to talk and smile for cameras then we can talk about spending billions to make the security forces better equiped to murder Israelis. Members of theese forces must have background checks and make sure they have no loyalties to any terror group in any way shape or form. The biggest problem with the new Iraq security forces is you dont know who is loyal to who and guns being given to fight terror are used to carry out more terror. That has to be something avoided this time round and if Abbas isnt willing to accept those conditions then let him pay for it himself. Last time we spent money on the PA forces and gave them guns those guns and that training we paid for ended up being used to murder Israelis. Also if the Americans or anybody else want to spend money arming the PA then let them also spend some money for Israel to build things like defensive walls and make a condition of this money is that PA forces are sent to Gaza to stop the rocket attacks not just say we will let Hamas do as they want dont ask us to use these weapons and training to fight Hamas killing Israelis.
11. Money would be better used to re-settle them in Jordan
Jack ,   San Diego, USA   (02.09.08)
12. Why Isn't Bush Financing Hamas?
Mark ,   Boston   (02.09.08)
Those guns go from the PA to Hamas. Hamas tells Bush that they get their guns by stealing them from the PA. The more they tell him this, the more guns they get.
13. Yeah, that's right, more money will solve the problem
Israeli American ,   Israel   (02.09.08)
When are you people going to admit the truth? i.e., that all the money in the world isn't going to create any good will among the Palestinians or help them fight what they choose to support - the Hamas. The US taxpayers have stupid leaders who think that throwing more hard earned tax dollars down the toliets of Ramallah are going to do any good for anyone. The Israeli taxpayers have leaders who all appear to be as brain dead as Arik Sharon. They may as well all be on life support.
14. Aid to Palestinian Forces.....
Susie ,   Washington DC   (02.09.08)
Let us pray that this money never reaches or is never used for training Arab armies. The cost of this "training" is going to be much higher than the US thinks.... and the cost will be in Jewish lives.
15. NO, ENOUGH MONEY WASTED !!!
trumpeldor ,   eurabia   (02.09.08)
TIme for them to join their brethren in tranjordan and egypt
16. If the Palis really need the money, and
Joe ,   Ohio, USA   (02.09.08)
want to improve their collective lots in life by improving their security. Let them petition their friends getting 100$ a barrel oil. They helped them get into the mess they're in and have supported them in destroying themselves all these years. Why wouldn't they be glad to pony up another couple of billion to help an old "friend"?
17. U.S.A. FRIENDS OF ISRAEL...DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (02.09.08)
LET SAUDI ARABIA OR QUATAR "COUGH UP "THE MONEY,JUST TO NAME TWO THAT HUG MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THEMSELVES,AND LET THE REST OF THE WORLD UP-KEEP THEIR POOR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS.THERE IS NO LOYALTY AND PEOPLE CHANGE PAYMASTERS AS IT SUITS THEM .AMERICA,YOU HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH AT HOME...IF CHARITY NEEDS TO BE GIVEN...CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME,LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY,AND DON'T BE TAKEN FOR A (CAMEL)RIDE...!
18. US Needs Billions In Aid
emanon ,   USA   (02.09.08)
US money should go to US first, not to terrorists.
19. Don't worry Israel, you'll still receive your war stipend
Wanda ,   Canada   (02.09.08)
The colossal sums Israel receives for war machinery will still roll in... without an armed PA, how else could you justify their eradication?
20. How a Nation Stays Free - Judge Young to the Shoe Bomber
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (02.09.08)
"...we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice. ...we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms." 10,000 Jews from Gaza and northern Samaria, in a Land for War exchange, were viciously ethnically cleansed for Islamic terrorists-intensifying the War Against Jews. In Sderot, Israeli terrified peace process victims offered up as sacrifices-live in continual fear of constant daily rocket attacks. Their desperate pleas for help are cruelly ignored! The immoral peace process based on venomous Jew-hate and ruthless, forcible ethnic Jew-cleansing - REQUIRES Jews to ACCEPT being maimed and MURDERED. No more surrenders! In World War 2, Winston Churchill declared: We will fight in the hills, we will fight in the streets, but we will never surrender!
21. Sugar Daddy to the rescue!!
Cameron ,   USA   (02.10.08)
Plenty of gold coin for all those outstretched hands.
22. DOES ABBAS KNOW WHERE TO HIDE THE MONEY?
FOOLISH BUSH ,   ..............DACON9   (02.10.08)
23. Palestinian forces
Marilyn ,   USA   (02.10.08)
A Thomas Jefferson quote: "We wish not to meddle with internal affairs of any country, nor with the general affairs of Europe. Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object." Despite what new ideas come along, average people still feel the same way.
24. US dollars
Bobc ,   USA   (02.10.08)
Why aren't the Arab countries, that are full of rich elite, fund Palestine? Why can't US tax dollars stay in the US?
25. Another repeat of history
Shem ,   Denver, U.S.A.   (02.10.08)
As we sent scrap iron to Japan before WWII and they sent it back to us as military arsenal against us, are we now--in the MIDST of WWIII, no less!--sending aid and comfort to the enemy of mankind, islam? Their no-god, known to us as satan the devil, alias "allah," hates two groups of people: (1) Those who oppose islam and (2) Those who are its devoted followers. Their and our only hope of escape from this vile tyranny is to turn away from evil and to the Torah and the Creator who gave it both to Moses and to His disciples when He came in the form of a man. Soon He will come to lead His armies and will soundly defeat this beast, and He will establish true peace on earth. We don't know the way, but He will show us. Praises be to our King Messiah!
26. funding for Hamas
C. Cannon ,   Sacramento USA   (02.10.08)
This would be a huge mistake to say the least. Don't we have enough ways to spend money short of blatant support of terrorism. I have never heard of a more counter productive use of taxpayers money!
27. There is actually a good reason for this..
marie ,   usa   (02.11.08)
When the trans- jordan was sectioned off leaving the Jews with a small sliver of land before the state of Israel declared Independance in 1948 THAT was the two state peace solution BUT the arab world never wanted peace, never wanted Israel to exist. The REASON Bush and the international world want to fund now a "THREE" state peace solution is because "all nations will stumble over Jerusalem in the end" and they will PAY much much more than what they are paying now, just think brimstone and fire..you get it now?
28. Supporting Palestine
RFL ,   USA   (02.11.08)
Why in the world would the US have to pay billions to rebuild a terrroist supporting government? If the Arabs are so concerned on how the Palestinian government is being run then they have the funds to build the infrastructure. We are STUPID for doing this. We are setting the stage for Islam to attack Israel.
29. Billions in Aid for Palestinians
Bob Phillips ,   Clarksburg, WV, USA   (02.11.08)
No! No! No! Are we afflicted with a terminal case of stupidity?
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