Palestinians promise not to be so damn obvious about it when they use the money to buy weapons:
The World Bank representative in the territories, Nigel Roberts, told Haaretz yesterday that international aid to the PA doubled during the intifada, to about a billion dollars annually, but the result was an economic collapse of historic proportions.
In return, Israelis have to lift closures to make it easier for Palestinians not to make it so damn obvious:
Only if the parties take sufficient steps to restart the economy on a path toward growth will there be reason to convene a recovery conference… The report requires Israel to ease closures and restrictions on mobility in the territories… The report… sharply criticizes Israel’s closure policy, which the bank views as the primary obstacle to Palestinian economic recovery. Israel offered to ease closures somewhat, but in Robert’s view that is not enough.
This is clearly a great deal for Israel. Can you believe people actually argue that Jews control the banks? I mean, really.
