By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Ron Prosor, the Israeli Ambassdor to the United Nations, offered some compelling insight yesterday.
Prosor said that Arab countries have abandoned the Palestinian Authority. He explained that the contributions of Arab countries to the Palestinian Authority amount to 20% of the PA's budget.
His point was best illustrated by saying that the entire Arab world's contribution to the Palestinian Authority amounts to about half the price of the Saudi Prince's new private luxury airplane. That is a mind boggling piece of information and insight.
When you crunch the numbers you discover that while many countries pledge monetary support to the Palestinians, the few countries that actually come through on their pledges and dole out cash and dole it out on time - are the Western democracies.
And that explains why a Congressional threat to withhold aid to the Palestinians is so powerful a threat.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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