The EU has given $556 million to Gaza, despite the severe economic crisis in Europe. That’s in addition to $900 million from America and $2.5 billion from other Arab countries. The IDF operation in Gaza proved to be a bonanza for Hamas.
Sixty years ago, when the Germans demanded $200 million worth of equipment (in today’s dollars) to spare a million Jews, the world refused.
Gaza damage skyrocketed after the war, and is now estimated at $1.9 billion. Less than 3,000 houses were destroyed, and another couple of thousand shacks sustained varied damage. Since the Gazan infrastructure is already rebuilt, the alleged damage amounts to $400,000 per Palestinian house. Now, these two propositions are mutually exclusive: either the Arabs live in $400,000 homes, or they live badly under Israeli occupation.
Hamas had earlier paid Gazans 4,000 euro per destroyed house, which it correctly deemed enough to rebuild their shacks. The lion’s share of $1.9 billion aid would go straight into the PLO’s and Hamas’ coffers.
