theliq, Kondor3,
et al,
Well, actually, the Arab League (AL) does provide some funding, but usually in trickle amounts and only after US Aid has been exhausted. For instance, in 2011, when the US Congress cut funding to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi of the Arab League said the AL would provide for the PNA. But when push came to shove, and the PNA could not make payroll, Congress released $190M+ for assistance. So, in that regard, our friend "Kondor3" has a double-bulleyes.
The AL generally doesn't fund in parallel to US financial aid. It will fund projects and programs that are beyond authorized limits US aid. And example of the limit is the recent proposal for the creation of a Arabic and Islamic Heritage Fund for the Preservation of Jerusalem and Holy Ground. The Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, has already pledged to contribute about 25%
(about $250M) towards the proposed effort.
Earlier this year, a strange (very strange) thing happened.
The ArabsÂ’ Betrayal of the Palestinians said:
At least one Palestinian leader is honest enough to blame his “brotherly” Arab states for the cash crisis faced by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in an interview with the Associated Press on Sunday, January 6, 2013 complained of an immense financial crisis in the PA,
largely due to the Arab countriesÂ’ failure to dispatch promised millions of dollars in aid. Ironically, it is the
Jewish state of Israel that the Palestinians regularly vilify and seek to destroy, which hitherto, provided the financial wherewithal to the PA by transferring $100 million in tax rebates to Ramallah, an amount that covers a third of the PA monthly operating costs.
SOURCE: The Arabs? Betrayal of the Palestinians | FrontPage Magazine
It was an interesting event.
(Fact is stranger than fiction!)
Any sign of Matching Funds yet from the Muslim world, in support of the Palestinians, to match the subsidies going to the Israelis?
Or does the Muslim world know that for what it is... throwing good money after bad?
... Muslim States want the Status Quo between Palestinians and Israelis.....I have always said that only the Palestinians and Jews will in the end will resolve this on going situation...
(COMMENT)
In the excerpt of "Steve's" comment, there is some very disturbing truth; but truth none the less. (2x Single Bullseye.)
The AL does not want to be any more entangled with the Palestinians, than anyone else. While they make, from time-to-time, anti-Israeli comments
(many with solid prima facie justification - nothing radical), they even more rarely make pro-Palestinian comments
(except for domestic consumption - that is purely political in religious appeasement). There are many anti-government elements surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which the AL would rather be pinned-down and focused on Israel, contained --- rather than cut loose and looking for a cause to incite elsewhere in the Region.
Oddly enough, while much of the world
(that actually cares) sees the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a critical issue and humanitarian concern, within the Middle East Region, the leadership echelon see it as more of a imperfect solution to Regional Security in a time when they would like to limit radical resources that might further fuel the Arab Spring and Arab Spring like events. There are several other lesser security concerns, but chief among those is the Iranian involvement and
(the unspoken elephant in the room) - the non-state actor; and the baggage all that brings with it in the form of a potential to induce a Sunni-Shi'ite disturbance and the spread of violence beyond the borders in dispute.
So, while we (in this discussion group) can say that the
core issues over the more than half-century dispute include borders, Palestinian refugees, Jewish settlements in the West Bank, AND the status of Jerusalem
(politically and religiously); there are other critical aspect angles. In the rarified gaseous chambers behind the closed doors of political intrigue, where dark agendas are played-out, and the stability and survival of nations and regimes are discussed, none of the issues that we discuss
(the way we discuss them) are black and white, a true matter of compliance versus non-compliance, or isolated and distinct as we address them here. What may seem to us, to be individually corrupt, villainous, and violations of this, that and the other treaty, law, or convention ---> there is more
(much more) to those that have solution keys in hand. And not everyone sees a solution as the best alternative; at least not yet.
Most Respectfully,
R