Palestinian Authority Requests $5.8 Billion in Aid Through 2010

Anne Lieberman at Boker Tov Boulder adds up the tote for the post-Oslo Palestinianthon. In passing she notes how PA leader Muhammed Dahlan recently admitted that of some $10 Billion Dollars of international aid received by the Palestinians since the 1993 Olso Accords, about $5 Billion Dollars has untraceably disappeared. Caroline Glick, quoted by Ms. Lieberman, has written:

"Since its establishment in 1994, the PA has received more aid per capita than any other group of people in the world has ever received - more than the victims of genocide in Sudan or Rwanda, more that the victims of the tsunami in Asia, more than the Iraqis or the Afghans - more than anyone."

For more observations on the Palestinian Authority aid request, check out Jewish Current Issues and this post by Barry Rubin at Global Research in International Affairs. Where are Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer on this story of distorted U.S. foreign aid priorities? [HT: Jewish Current Issues. Photo Credit: www.forzion.com.]