$7.4 Billion in Palestinian Aid 'Not Enough'

Seriously, I think I'm going to be ill. The $7.4 billion pledged to these terror goons was more than they asked for, yet now we're told it's not enough.

Donors' Palestinian budget aid short of target

An international conference this week that raised billions of dollars for the Palestinian government failed to yield the hoped-for amount of budget aid, figures released by host France show.

The 87 countries and international organizations that met in Paris on Monday pledged $7.4 billion in aid to the Western-backed government of President Mahmoud Abbas to boost the moribund Palestinian economy.

That is more than the $5.6 billion over three years that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad had asked for.

But figures released by the French Foreign Ministry on Wednesday showed the biggest item in his request, budget aid, did not receive as much as he had hoped.

Fayyad had asked for $3.9 billion in budget aid to cover running costs, such as civil servants' salaries, and the foreign ministry said only $1.54 billion of the funds pledged were in the form of budget aid.

However, another $2.23 billion had yet to be broken down in terms of what it would fund.

Donor countries pledged $2.07 billion in aid for projects, which was more than the $1.7 billion asked for, the Foreign Ministry figures showed. There was also $996 million in humanitarian aid and $644 million in "other aid".

Enough is enough. Let these people sink or swim on their own.

But I'll be gracious enough to offer some suggestions. How about all these people so sympathetic to these cavemen hold a global fundraising movement. Maybe they can hold concerts to raise money?

Perhaps all the liberals in this country who complain they don't pay enough taxes pony up some cash themselves and donate it?

Hmmm? C'mon people, you support the Palis, so why don't you aid them financially as well?