What set me searching for this was a report on the BBC that If Israel completes the wall ’billions of Euros invested in Palestinian territories would be wasted.’ When I stopped laughing both because its Euro-socialist money and the fact it was lost the minute it hit Arafat’s bank account, I though I’d find a link.
Malnutrition rates in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank are as bad as those in sub-Saharan Africa, MPs said yesterday. They warned that the Israeli security fence around the occupied territories was "destroying the Palestinian economy and creating widespread poverty".
So the solution is to send the money to Africa where it would do far more good and while you are at it dismantle the CAP which would do wonders for sub-Saharan Africa.
The all-party Commons International Development Committee called for European Union trade sanctions to be imposed on Israel until it allowed the free export of goods from the West Bank and Gaza.
I wasn’t aware that Israel restricted exports from the terirtories. The problem is they don’t produce anything wants to buy.
| There is the occasional shipment of Qassam missiles, delivered air freight... |
MPs called on the Palestinian Authority to be more vocal in its condemnation of attacks. "Israel’s security measures are preventing Palestinians from accessing services as well as inhibiting humanitarian and development work," the MPs said. "They are destroying the Palestinian economy and creating widespread poverty."
Of course terrorism has no effect at all!
| Gorsh. I wonder why they impose them ucky security measures? I jus' can't seem to remember... |
They said they understood why the Israeli government had decided to build its 425-mile security fence, but added that it had displaced Palestinian homes, destroyed farms and severely disrupted trade.
Now we get the real issue! The only country buying stuff from the territories is Israel.
"Key measures, such as the construction of a security barrier, may bring the mirage of immediate security to Israelis, but the level of despair felt by ordinary Palestinians at being denied an ordinary life can only increase the supply of suicide bombers. Nor is it likely to elicit any concessions from the Palestinian leaders."
Only now they will go in a different direction cos of the wall
The MPs said that the barrier "destroyed the viability of a Palestinian state" and risked having an irreversible effect on the Palestinian people.
It was only ever viable if Israel supported it. This simple fact seems to be sinking-in in Euro-land |