Aid for the Palestinians

"Money was only the superficial issue in the Paris meeting of 90 countries that wish to support the reconstruction of the Palestinian territories," explains Rudolf Chimelli. "In reality, political goals were practically the only matter discussed within the first hour of this donors' conference: participants spoke of peace between Palestinians and Israelis, of the establishment of a Palestinian state before the end of next year, of economic stability as the basis for secure coexistence. … The Israelis must return to the borders of 1967 and grant the Palestinians the right to live in East Jerusalem. Because a Palestinian state on 18 percent of the former British Mandate, and that divided into cantons through strategic occupied corridors, would not be viable even with transfusions of money."

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