Obviously Ms Ellis knows as much as we do and more about the hypocrisy and double-talk that is at heart of the two Palestinian governments and their policies. She chooses not to refer to it because attributing the problems to Israel works far better. It delivers the goods.
The puzzle for us is how the blame-Israel-first-and-last strategy elicits a supportive response year after year from the likes of Australia, Switzerland, the EU, the United Kingdom and the United States, and peanuts in cash terms from the mind-bogglingly wealthy regimes of Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the Sultan of Brunei. Certainly, money can’t solve every problem, but when the woman who owns the budget says there’s a disaster happening in which people are starving because of “underfunding,” then some extra attention to funding might be the responsible management thing to do.
And tipping people off to the shabby role played by the PA would be a good start.
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