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EL3LN3TN
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Well, at least I can appreciate your honesty in this matter.
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ephraim65
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...and brought about by a mark on the right hand on election day, Palestinians are now being empowered to buy and sell.
Now,seriously....did this wording actually appear in the original article? (A link would be nice)
Have'nt Palestinians always been able to "buy and sell", you know - everyday commerce like anyone else?? ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
JPost.com » Middle East » Article
Sep. 1, 2006 14:57 | Updated Sep. 1, 2006 15:37
EU begins paying aid to Palestinians
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The European Union said Friday it has begun paying "social allowances" to 625,000 Palestinians left unpaid and impoverished because of the financial crisis besetting the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
The funds - made through a program overseen by the World Bank - bypass the Palestinian Authority government and benefit "those who have suffered a significant loss of income" when much foreign aid and some of the Palestinians' own revenues dried up after Hamas came to power earlier this year.
Besides direct cash payments of about US$347 to each person, EU money will finance Palestinian health services and utilities, notably fuel to run generators.
Among the 625,000 Palestinians now receiving direct financial support are 11,500 health workers who are no longer being paid, said EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
The EU is funneling some US$771,000 a month through the program, launched in July for a three-month period. Ferrero-Waldner said she hoped a review this month would result in its continuation.
In all, the EU has put aside $135 million to be disbursed through the aid plan. The 25 EU states are contributing another €35 million $45 million.
"We have kept our promise to help relieve the suffering of the Palestinian people during the current crisis," she told reporters before the start of a two-day meeting of EU foreign ministers who considered ways to revive the Middle East peace process after the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Ferrero-Waldner said that, to date, the EU special funding program has paid for, among other things, medical supplies to 413 primary health care centers and 22 hospitals, and the purchase of 1.5 million liters of fuel to run air conditioning and generators at hospitals and water facilities, after the Gaza power plant was knocked out by Israel in July.
Also Friday, the EU pledged $64 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians at a donors' conference in Sweden. UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said several other "impressive new pledges" were made at the meeting that focused on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
"I believe today we will take a big step forward toward raising more than $200 million for an EU emergency appeal to help Palestinians," he said in Stockholm.
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This is the article as it appeared Sept.1, 2006.
I have added the part about the Image of
Mahmoud Abbas. This is a parable. It is
explained in the article "The Image of Mahmoud
Abbas" WOEphraim
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...and brought about by a mark on the right hand on election day, Palestinians are now being empowered to buy and sell.
Now,seriously....did this wording actually appear in the original article? (A link would be nice)
Have'nt Palestinians always been able to "buy and sell", you know - everyday commerce like anyone else??
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ephraim65
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Can anyone give more information on this please?
Read my other posts. You have to go back about 75 days. This will give you some background information and hopefully answer your question. This article appeared in the Jerusalem Post on Sept. 1, 2006. WOEphraim
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Can anyone give more information on this please?
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With you I rise,
In you I sleep,
kneeling down I kiss your feet,
Grace abounds upon me now,
I once was lost
but now I'm found.
The gift of God dwells within,
To this love I now give in.
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ephraim65
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Events of September 1, 2006.
The international mechanism that was set up on
June 16, 2006 has begun to compensate Palestinian
workers.Through this aid fund, set up by the EU
and the World Bank, 625,000 Palestinians will be
paid $347 dollars each. This fund bypasses the
Hamas led government due to their unwillingness
to conform to the image of Mahmoud Abbas. All
funds established under this aid fund go through
the office of Mahmoud Abbas. Through the name of
one man, under a plan established on June
16,2006, and brought about by a mark on the right
hand on election day, Palestinians are now being
empowered to buy and sell. WOEphraim
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