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International aid has been
provided to Palestinians at least since 1948!
The Palestinian National
Authority (PA), within the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza Strip,
receives one of the highest levels of aid in the world.
The entities that provide
such aid are categorized into seven groups: the Arab nations, the European Union,
the United States, Japan, international institutions (including agencies of the
UN system), European countries, and other nations.
The United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was set up in
1949 to provide humanitarian relief to Palestinians displaced by the 1948 1948
Arab-Israeli War. Originally, it was intended to provide jobs on public works
projects and direct relief. Today, UNRWA provides education, health care, and
social services to more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees and
their descendants, and other segments of Palestinian society, as well as
providing some financial aid to Palestinians.
UNRWA employs over 30,000
staff, 99% of whom are locally recruited Palestinians.
In 2013, $1.1 billion was
contributed to UNRWA, of which $294 million was contributed by the United
States, $216.4 million from the EU, $151.6 million from Saudi Arabia, $93.7
million from Sweden, $54.4 million from Germany, $53 million from Norway, $34.6
million from Japan, $28.8 million from Switzerland, $23.3 million from
Australia, $22.4 million from the Netherlands, $20 million from Denmark, $18.6
million from Kuwait, $17 million from France, $12.3 million from Italy, $10.7
million from Belgium as well as $10.3 million from all other countries.
Did you know that the PLO
has received over $50 Billion in foreign aid since the mid 1990's? Let that
number sink in - $50,000,000,000.
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