Largessse/Coalition
Largesse
Sir:
Those of us who are aware of the great economic crisis ravaging our world are amazed at the largesse being donated to the Palestinians at the Congress held in Egypt last Monday. How can the Western nations (mostly) justify spending billions of dollars on a relatively unimportant, even insignificant people, when their own peoples are increasingly out of work and in need.
This money is supposed to be largely for the reconstruction of Gaza in the wake of the Israeli Operation, but the Conference agreed that the money cannot be given to Hamas, which was not even invited to the Conference, even though they control Gaza. The money is being largely donated to the Palestine Authority of Pres. Abbas. and to UNWRA. But, it is well known that like his predecessor, Yasir Arafat, Abbas and his henchmen are veterans at siphoning off money from foreign donors. Arafat absconded with at least 1 billion dollars, and it is anybody's guess how much of the 4 billion will go missing. An expert on the PA, Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, has already described the setting up of dummy companies to take the money. Isn't it dumb to send billions of dollars into a crooked organization such as the PA when they have no control over Gaza where the money is supposed to be spent. Worse, still, some of the money given to UNWRA will undoubtedly fall into Hamas hands and will be used to continue attacking Israel, where rockets continue to fall every day (a school was destroyed by one on Shabbat, but no pupils were there).
Given the fact that the Palestinians are the world's largest recipients of foreign aid of all so-called "refugees," isn't it time after 60 years to stop treating them as a basket case and let them learn to stand on their own feet. Perhaps someone can explain why the world is so generous to them; is it because they are the enemy of the Jewish nation?
Yours
Jack Cohen
Netanya, Israel
Coalition
Sir:
The Israeli people voted for a right wing Government and they should get it. Most were fed up with the incompetence and corruption of Kadima. It is no secret that many deserted the left-wing to vote for Kadima and gave it a one seat advantage over Likud because Kadima used election ads that warned people to vote for Livni to prevent Netanyahu from winning. But, it wasn't enough, and so Labor and Kadima are in the opposition, where they belong.
I for one hope that Netanyahu can form a right wing coalition that will reverse the unilateral retreats of the past and will give the country a sense of pride again. Yes, there are problems of civil marriage and conversions, but these must take second priority compared to the need to confront the continued firing of rockets into Israeli territory, even after Operation Cast Lead, and the threat of Iran. We need a unified Government not a unity Government to tackle these fundamental problems with determination and competence.
Sincerely
Jack Cohen
Netanya
Sir:
Those of us who are aware of the great economic crisis ravaging our world are amazed at the largesse being donated to the Palestinians at the Congress held in Egypt last Monday. How can the Western nations (mostly) justify spending billions of dollars on a relatively unimportant, even insignificant people, when their own peoples are increasingly out of work and in need.
This money is supposed to be largely for the reconstruction of Gaza in the wake of the Israeli Operation, but the Conference agreed that the money cannot be given to Hamas, which was not even invited to the Conference, even though they control Gaza. The money is being largely donated to the Palestine Authority of Pres. Abbas. and to UNWRA. But, it is well known that like his predecessor, Yasir Arafat, Abbas and his henchmen are veterans at siphoning off money from foreign donors. Arafat absconded with at least 1 billion dollars, and it is anybody's guess how much of the 4 billion will go missing. An expert on the PA, Khaled Abu Toameh, Palestinian correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, has already described the setting up of dummy companies to take the money. Isn't it dumb to send billions of dollars into a crooked organization such as the PA when they have no control over Gaza where the money is supposed to be spent. Worse, still, some of the money given to UNWRA will undoubtedly fall into Hamas hands and will be used to continue attacking Israel, where rockets continue to fall every day (a school was destroyed by one on Shabbat, but no pupils were there).
Given the fact that the Palestinians are the world's largest recipients of foreign aid of all so-called "refugees," isn't it time after 60 years to stop treating them as a basket case and let them learn to stand on their own feet. Perhaps someone can explain why the world is so generous to them; is it because they are the enemy of the Jewish nation?
Yours
Jack Cohen
Netanya, Israel
Coalition
Sir:
The Israeli people voted for a right wing Government and they should get it. Most were fed up with the incompetence and corruption of Kadima. It is no secret that many deserted the left-wing to vote for Kadima and gave it a one seat advantage over Likud because Kadima used election ads that warned people to vote for Livni to prevent Netanyahu from winning. But, it wasn't enough, and so Labor and Kadima are in the opposition, where they belong.
I for one hope that Netanyahu can form a right wing coalition that will reverse the unilateral retreats of the past and will give the country a sense of pride again. Yes, there are problems of civil marriage and conversions, but these must take second priority compared to the need to confront the continued firing of rockets into Israeli territory, even after Operation Cast Lead, and the threat of Iran. We need a unified Government not a unity Government to tackle these fundamental problems with determination and competence.
Sincerely
Jack Cohen
Netanya
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