Palestinian society in the West Bank and Gaza has been operating as a giant experiment to determine whether children can be raised to be the functional equivalent of the Unabomber. The experiment was "successful": the current generation of Palestinian children has been successfully raised in this way. This project now threatens civilization, and it would be madness to fund it any further, but here is an article about certain Canadians who don't get it:
The Canadian International Development Agency, an arm of the federal government, is on the verge of donating $12 million to $15 million in humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
“Given the very difficult circumstances faced by the Palestinians, we’re considering providing support,” said CIDA spokesperson Greg Scott in an interview from Ottawa last week.
The news coincided with two related events: Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay’s trip to Israel, the Palestinian areas and Jordan, and Israel’s announcement that it will release about $100 million (US) in withheld Palestinian tax and customs revenues.
The proposed Canadian funds will be channelled through the Temporary International Mechanism –which is administered by the European Union and the World Bank – and will not reach the Palestinian Authority’s new Hamas government.
What about the Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades?
The Temporary International Mechanism was established last summer to ensure that international aid does not fall into the hands of Hamas, which defeated Fatah in last January’s legislative election in the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Hamas, which Canada and other western nations have branded as a terrorist group, formed a government in March, though Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas remains president of the PA.
After Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was sworn in, Canada became the first donor nation to cut off funding to the Palestinian government, boycott it and subject it to international economic sanctions.
Since then, the 3.5 million Palestinian inhabitants in the West Bank and Gaza have faced increasing hardship.
The aid will not be restored unless Hamas – which has taken credit for a succession of suicide bombings in Israel and the territories since 1993 – recognizes Israel, renounces terrorism and accepts previous agreements signed by the PA and Israel.
So far, Hamas has refused to meet these conditions.
Last week, in an interview with the Globe and Mail, Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar reiterated Hamas’ rejection of Israel, and added that a Jewish homeland should be established in Canada.
Scott declined to say when the proposed Canadian aid will reach the Palestinians.
But despite Canada’s boycott of the Hamas regime, Ottawa has dispatched to the Palestinians more than $20 million in humanitarian assistance since March. [...]
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