Israeli officials were unsuccessful in their attempts to condition the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, badly damaged during the summer Israeli invasion, on a full disarmament of Hamas and other factions within the strip.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly demanded the precondition, but it was ultimately sidelined, as the donor nations pledged $5.4 billion for reconstruction, solely on the condition that the ceasefire with Israel hold.
EU negotiator Catherine Ashton urged the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying that the long-term prosperity of the Gaza Strip required a “durable solution” of the crisis.
Israeli Transportation Minister Israel Katz was particularly critical of the pledges, saying the countries were wasting their money on “worthless donations” and that more Israeli invasions were to be expected going forward.
It is amazing that Israel is continuing to threaten the Palestine civilians with more military action!
The UN and ICC need to step in and put the apartheid racist War Crime Nation of Israel in it’s own boarders and take the settlers and put them in Israel!
As a USA citizen I am horrified the wayy nation supports, aids and abetts Israel’s War Crimes
Instead of standing up for the human rights of the Palestine people! Why are we giving Israrl billions of taxpayer money yearly to commit genocide?
Stop letting Washington DC politicians be for sale to a foreign government: purchased by Israeli PACs, Lobbies, Duel Citizenship offers, and all inclusive trips for members and spouses to Israel!
http://www.StopBillionsToIsrael.com
Where is all this concern for Palestine when israel is showering it with bombs and missiles?
"With a generous supply of America`s arms to do it with.
How much of this rebuilding material will be coming from Israel is the question. Will they import cement from other countries or use Israeli cement. Israel will make a good profit on this.
The nations of the world are generous in pledging billions to rectify the damage done by Israel's Racist tantrum. But to be effective all the aid must reach Gaza. To assure this there must be a unity flotilla to open and protect access by sea directly to Gaza. American ships, Russian ships, British French, Chinese, Indian, Japanese ships should participate. A powerful Fleet of Peace should challenge the lawless blockade and introduce thug Bibi to his proper size.
This is necessary because of the terror tunnels. Mortimer Zuckerman toured some and said they were the equivalent of a NYC subway tunnel with phones and electricity. Governor Andrew Cuomo who was on the tour stated that some tunnels emerged in Jewish homes. Hmmm, doesn't sound like terror tunnels. It doesn't take a competent civil engineer to figure out that these underground highways could not have been constructed without the knowledge and approval on the Zionist government.
Who wouldn't notice a highway tunnel exit in their living room? The terror tunnel story is risible.
In the past Israel has sealed off Gaza and then opened commercial backdoors, aka, terror tunnels. The IDF regularly would bomb Egyptian competitors. These runarounds facilitated Israelis in stealing the bulk of the aid by acting as a high mark-up middlemen. This time the aid should go to the victims not the fat cats in the penthouses of Tel Aviv. If it takes the navies of fifty countries to stop the racketeering, so be it.
The only reason Israel would want to be there is to claim governance over the funds. Besides being the largest recipient of US taxpayers Aid $$$ more than half of designated Palestinian aid money usually disappears without trace into Israels coffers.
The usual pantomime as Israel seizes Palestinian taxes, increase tariffs on Palestinian goods, custom charges, warehouse charges, haulage charges roads charges, the lot. since the Palestinian Airport was bombed by Israel and there is no free access to Palestinian Ports
Side lining Israel could save the Palestinians heaps.
My understanding is that only half of the money, 2.7 bln, is dedicated for actual reconstruction. The other half is for 'the Palestinians.' Appears Abbas will be in charge of the funds. http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Gaza-…
That too is predictable if Israel gets its grubby hands on any of the funds. They'll siphon off portions to Abbas' personal bank account as blackmail money and if he doesn't do as he's told there will be all the waling and gnashing of teeth that he personally stole the funds.
They did the same to Arafat and only when the crescendo about Arafat stealing money got so deafening that the UN sent in Auditors it was revealed that the aid money had been hidden NOT stolen
This is simply ridiculous. US taxpayers are on the hook to fund Israel's attacks on Gaza, and to set up new targets in Gaza for Israel's next attack. Maybe, if the funds for reconstruction in Gaza were taken out of "aid" to Israel, the Israeli's would think twice before planning yet another round of "mowing the lawn."
got to love the guy who stated it is a waste of money because Irael plans on destroying gaza forever. I wonder if he was cut off before he yell do you not know what happened in europe to our kind. We are the vicitm and you should give us the money.