What a rediculous situation this is.
The US needs to be a bit smarter about this whole business.
This sounds quite similar to when donations in the 1970's from the US was ending up in the IRA's hands.

abu_rashid wrote on Sep 7^th, 2010 at 8:48pm:

If you truly believe that you have more issues than I thought.

Do you know what a Zionist is by the way?

I doubt it.

There are more Zionists in America alone than there are in Israel.

So you are saying in effect ,that they are giving Americans "military hardware"

Get over it dope.

uesday, 5 October 2004       
     
Where Has All the Money Gone?


Since 1993, the European Union has contributed over €2 billion directly and indirectly to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Member states have donated a further €2 billion in the same period. The Funding for Peace Coalition has released a new report detailing the diversion of unprecedented sums of financial aid from the Palestinian people towards corruption and violence.

The report, entitled “Managing European Taxpayers’ Money: Supporting The Palestinian Arabs – A Study In Transparency”, exposes evidence showing a compelling connection between European funding and ongoing Palestinian corruption and terrorism. It highlights the utter failure of European organisations to monitor where these funds have been directed. The report details theft, nepotism, and embezzlement on the part of the PA, supported by incompetence and apathy on the part of European agencies.

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Since 1994, Palestinians have received more than $2.9 billion in U.S. economic assistance via USAID projects

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Where Hamas Gets Its Money

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, raises money for Gaza through its Web site, with payments going through WorldPay (part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group), the Arab Bank PLC in Gaza and HSBC in Amman, Jordan. Those funds come in addition to UNRWA's annual budget of $400 million.

The $7 billion to $10 billion that the Palestinian Authority has received since 1993 has come from the European Union, the U.N., the U.S., Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries. France alone has sent more than $3 billion. This influx of cash has done little to advance the development of a viable Palestinian state or of peace in the region. Rather, it has helped to fuel the Palestinian leadership's terrorist agenda, and kept the Palestinian people oppressed and disenfranchised.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/gaza-hamas-funding-oped-cx_re_0116ehrenfeld.htm...

This needs to be read Hamas receives billions and the people don't see it. Like Arafat it goes into their coffers

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since Oslo Accords in 1993, the U.S. has showered $2.2 billion in bilateral aid on the Palestinians, in addition to more than $3.4 billion for humanitarian aid funneled through dysfunctional U.N. organizations since 1950. Vast amounts of these aid funds have been diverted to allow terrorist organizations like Hamas to focus on building its war infrastructure -- such as bunkers, fortifying positions and digging tunnels, -- rather than on subsidizing education, paving roads, promoting commerce and industry, or providing for, and advancing, the long-term interests of their people.

Meanwhile "back on the ranch" the missiles and rockets have increased in the last few weeks !!

This is what they want


Hamas to launch 'more effective attacks' on Israel

Hamas reportedly announced after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas launched peace talks that the 13 groups would step up "more effective attacks" against Israel.

When asked if the renewed attacks would include suicide bombings, the Hamas spokesman reportedly answered: "All options are open."

Earlier this week, Hamas claimed responsibility for two attacks on Israelis: one, which killed four, and another that injured two. Both were shootings that took place in the West Bank.

Now I know you are just plain thick

You haven't a clue where you are coming from and you have proven the fact that your  knowledge is your  not your own

Hilarious.

By the way. ..I can even tell where the roots of your family are and I bet they arrived here in the mid-1070s

Cockney Doll wrote on Sep 7^th, 2010 at 9:51pm:


Those 'billions' from the US is but 2-3 billion per year.  The aid to the Palestinians from other sources is much much more, and much of it is unaccounted for.
Israel now has an economy far larger than a decade ago, and does not depend on the US to survive financially.
It is difficult to substantiate the assertion that Hamas 'defends' themselves when they are the ones continually launching missiles into Israeli towns.
It is even more difficult to substantiate Hamas defending 'their' land, when it never was their land in the first place.
The term 'Palestinian' is only a modern one, whilst the Jewish armies fought three wars with the Romans in Judea and Sumaria between 60AD - 170AD fighting for independance.