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April 15, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/565301.html

The Preachers

(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - Most Arabs regard the distress of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a subject that requires an exclusively Israeli solution. Yet if the wealthy Arab countries wanted to solve many of the hardships of the Gaza Strip, as well as other hardships of their Palestinian "brothers," they could easily do so. The latest increase in oil prices added more than $50 billion to their bank accounts. However, the Arab countries are not even keeping their minimal promises to assist the PA and want other countries - Japan, the U.S., and countries in Europe - to increase their contributions. Apparently, those who claim there are Arab rulers who are interested in having the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continue, in order to divert the attention of the masses in their countries from their severe distress, are correct.

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