“International Boycott” Of Palestinians Actually Meant “Triple The Amount Of Aid”. Of Course It Did.

That’s exactly how to express disapproval that the Palestinians chose to elect warmongering genocidal lunatics. Just totally effing perfect:

Donations to the Palestinian Authority almost tripled last year as a result of the international boycott of the Hamas government, according to a report published this month by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Aid in 2006 totaled $900 million, up from $349 million a year earlier. The boycott meant that most countries refused to channel money directly to the PA, and Israel refused to transfer the tax revenues it collects on the PA’s behalf. However, Arab and Western nations continued and even increased their donations, channeling them through either a “Hamas bypass” mechanism known as the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM), or the office of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. This money, which compensated entirely for the halt in Israeli tax transfers, partially financed the salaries of PA employees and was used to make welfare payments to the needy.

Only the UN could write that aid tripled “as a result” of a boycott. Usually those words mean different things, but whatever – the important thing is to remind everybody that other countries care about Israel and are boycotting Hamas. So much for the “crippling American and Israeli boycott” of the Palestinians. Here’s a little visual demonstration of how spectacularly the international flood of aid is working out:

Let's Give Them More Money

But honestly, who could have seen that coming?

References:
* Aid to PA nearly tripled in ’06, despite international boycott [Ha'aretz]

Previously:
* Hamas Makes New Offer: They Still Won’t Live Up To Any Of Their Obligations, But They Won’t Murder Jews For A While
* That Thing About the US Promising To Boycott the Hamas Government? They Lied.
* US, EU Stand Firm On Boycott. Except They Don’t. And Except There Is No Boycott.

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit

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