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I think the single biggest player in all of this is the United States, by far. They need to get their asses and money in there tomorrow and fucking help out Abbas, and make life tangibly better for ordinary palestineans. If they don't give 100% effort in trying to help the palestineans, I think they can kiss any hope of Middle East stability for the next 50 years goodbye, and they will have no one to blame but themselves. I really hope the US plays this one with some goddamn foresight and intelligence.
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Easily said, almost impossible to assure it will go to anything positive. My suggestion is do some research on the corruption of the Palestinian state. I dont have them online, for I did a research paper on it, BILLIONS in aid are given annually to Palestine. Yes, billions from all the Arab countries, and even Russia and I believe China still gives money there.
So, why does Palestine still look like Lebanon during the worst of the fighting? Well the obvious excuse would be the Israelies, and the one most Palestinians blame. When the truth is there is a warlord situation in Palestine, where the Palestinian "army" is actually a group of militias, with the warlords all vying for power and money. So, in order to keep their people militant they keep the entire nation as a giant slum. The billions go to the families of the "myrtars", so that only those directly related to the suicide bombers are given any sort of help. Naturally this keeps a steady supply of volunteers to keep the status quo. Besides, rebuilding a nation costs SO much money, and they warlords are too greedy for that to happen.
And about Abbas, he's in a tough situation. Sharone must play tough so his own career doesnt go down in flames for being a wuss. Abbas must play tougher so the militiants dont go out of their way (anymore than they currently do) to screw everything up. Meanwhile Israelies die while simply going to the market, and Palestinians live bombed out houses.