From: George Sherwood 

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:14:28 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2017137,00.html
>
> "But the EU - the most generous donor to the Palestinians with funding of
> œ600 million a year - decided yesterday that it would continue financing the
> Palestinian Authority while Hamas attempts to form a government."
>
> Then:
>
> "The White House has ordered an urgent review of all funding to the
> Palestinian Authority, which amounted to about œ39.6 million last year."
>
> ROF,L!!  So the EU gives 15 times as much.  Guess how much influence they
> have?  15:1 a good number?
>
> You think they give a flying fuck?  They're quite likely to tell you what to
> do with such a pittance.  They would probably regard it as an insult to
> accept such a paltry sum.

Again your anti-Americanism blinds you to the truth.  Here is a chart that
shows EU $600 million and US $400 million.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4663742.stm

George

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