The Australian government has doubled it's aid to the Palestinian territories to 45b with these words on French radio:
"The sense of manifest injustice about the situation in the territories is a significant cause of terrorism in the world."
So is giving them more money going to heal their sense of injustice, man?
These pro-extremist messages are coming thick and fast. What did I tell ya? Lefties think that terrorist just want to be left alone.
I got news for McMullan: You are thinking in a 20th century outdated hippie way. You are insulting the Palestinians by thinking they will be happy if you give them our money. You are also insulting Israel by implying they are so unjust and you are insulting Australia by unconditionally funding a country which is, in part, run by terrorists.
Admittedly, the people who say they are in change of the territories, Fatah, are not terrorists (any more). They are making moves toward a peace treaty with Isreal, but they can't bring all of the palestinians with them. Fatah is nominally in charge, but Hamas still controls Gaza and they are still sworn to drive the Isrealis into the sea. They were also the winners in the most recent parliamentary elections, so quite rightly claim to represent most Palestinians.
Any fool could see that what pisses the Palestnians off is not lack of money, but Israel. They want Israel to go away. That is their ideal position and all this sympathy from the world community makes them think it's going to happen. Scratch a Palestinian sympathiser and they will always admit they think Israel has no right to exist. I've never met one yet that doesn't.
Well here's the deal. Israel does exist. Israel is going to keep existing. Israel is one of the few viable democracies in the middle east and deserves our support.
(BTW I noticed how the sacked former head of Hezbollah was a 'hero' in a headline in the Australia the other day. Just how many of you anti-Israelis are out there. Be honest)
I support aid to the Palestinian territories on two conditions:
(1) The country is stable and democratically so and
(2) that the democratically elected government recognises Israel's right to exist now and for the furture, the whole future.
This is not the ALP's position. Suprize suprize. After yesterday's announcment from the 'defense' minister that we are losing in Afganistan, today we have the statement from the foreign minister and unconditional aid.
Some would say that Rudd has lost control of his cabinet. I believe that Rudd is a leftie and has no intention of being a conservative in anything more than an economic sense, and he does not have the ability or the instinct to do that properly either. Rudd has full confidence in the lunatics that are running the asylum.
The ALP is indulging its misdirected guilty conscience at your expense and what's worse, it will lead to worse results at home and abroad.
Giving money to the Palestinians unconditionally will not help a peace treaty and a two-state solution come about. Withholding money from Gaza has been the only way to force hateful Hamas to even think about dealing with Fatah, let alone recognize Israel. Palestine and Israel are economically interlocked. Palestine needs Israel, and vice versa. The resentments of the Islamists need to be reigned in before a peaceful and prosperous solution can be found. Giving money unconditionally sends the wrong message. Making statements about how unjust the situation is for the Palestinians sends the wrong message.
That message wont do the Palestinians any good in the long run.
That message will be also heard at home as I keep saying. The home grown jihad has just begun.
