Funds for Palestine
31 January 2006, 10:14 AM
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Funds for Palestine
Why don't wealthy Arab countries like Saudi Arabia chip in with some serious financial help for their Arab brothers?
This is a genuine question and I must be missing some obvious reason but my knowledge of the area and its history is not that strong. dl
This is a genuine question and I must be missing some obvious reason but my knowledge of the area and its history is not that strong. dl
31 January 2006, 11:47 AM
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More to the point, why don't Islamic nations ever help each other out? It's always left to the Western nations to supply the aid and the Islams just want to blow us up in return.
31 January 2006, 12:18 PM
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Its a good question and to me me really tests their faith on the point of helping fellow Muslims.
Saudi Arabia wouldn't help on the basis of being the US's best buddy in the Middle East. The rest of the nations are either good buddies with the US like Kuwait/Qatar/Bahrain or too selfish/self absorbed to care or would rather stay out the political hot bed they would enter if they were to help and then become a target of US and Israeli interest to see excatly in what way they were helping.
Saudi Arabia wouldn't help on the basis of being the US's best buddy in the Middle East. The rest of the nations are either good buddies with the US like Kuwait/Qatar/Bahrain or too selfish/self absorbed to care or would rather stay out the political hot bed they would enter if they were to help and then become a target of US and Israeli interest to see excatly in what way they were helping.
31 January 2006, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RedFive
Shall I, before you fall off the page ? 
The sad truth is that many Arab countries don't give a damn about the Palestinians. Jordan is a very good example ...
The sad truth is that many Arab countries don't give a damn about the Palestinians. Jordan is a very good example ...
Yeah that's sort of what I thought except that all Arab countries would presumably want to have a Palestine that was better able to defend itself against the common enemy Israel?
Selfish b*******s then...... dl
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31 January 2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by David Lock
Yeah that's sort of what I thought except that all Arab countries would presumably want to have a Palestine that was better able to defend itself against the common enemy Israel?
Selfish b*******s then...... dl
The Palestinians only "cost" money, they aren't important economically, and none of the surrounding countries want to have them on their soil either.
Doubly f*cked if you pardon my French.
31 January 2006, 12:49 PM
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One key is in the word "Muslim".
Why doesn't a rich Christian country like England help a poor Christian country like Ireland?
Wahhabites, Shiites, Sunnis etc don't always see eye to eye, to put it mildly.
Edit - or even better, what do you think about Christian English taxes going to pay for Christian French/Polish/Estonian underdeveloped regions? Would you be in favour?
Why doesn't a rich Christian country like England help a poor Christian country like Ireland?
Wahhabites, Shiites, Sunnis etc don't always see eye to eye, to put it mildly.
Edit - or even better, what do you think about Christian English taxes going to pay for Christian French/Polish/Estonian underdeveloped regions? Would you be in favour?
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31 January 2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
Wahhabites, Shiites, Sunnis etc don't always see eye to eye, to put it mildly.
Also, I forgot: the Palestines used to have a large Christian minority. It was a pretty secular people, and it is only in the last 10 years or so that Islam is becoming important to them.
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