Адам Рютер, YNet
Приведенная выше оценка включает заморожение экономической активности в секторе Газа в результате блокады, потерянные доходы от природных ресурсов, используемых Израилем благодаря его контролю над большей частью оккупированной территории, дополнительные расходы палестинцев в результате ограничений на передвижение, а также дополнительные ограничения на местное производство.
Давайте забудем на минуту, почему блокада была введена в Газе, почему блок-посты были возведены в Иудее и Самарии, и почему наши общины окружают себя забором, а не палестинские общины. Давайте предположим, что палестинские претензии вполне точны, и что их суммарный экономический ущерб действительно составляет 7 миллиардов долларов. Как оказалось, это им очень выгодно.
Я утверждаю, что палестинцы превратили свои страдания в экономическую стратегю, которая приносит им пользу. В результате, они получают больше денег, чем весь ущерб, который они якобы несут. И, по большому счёту, нынешняя ситуация является для них экономически выгодной.
Палестинцы "забыли" отметить, что всё это время они получали, прямо или косвенно, около $ 3-4 млрд. ежегодной международной помощи. Это более чем вдвое превышает годовой ущерб их экономике в результате оккупации.
Палестинцы являются чемпионами мира по получению гуманитарной помощи в расчете душу населения. В среднем каждый из них получает пожертвования около $ 1000 в год. Более 60% продукции Палестинской автономии приходится на пожертвования. Статистические данные показывают, что в 2009 и 2010 годы, ПА получала пожертвований на общую сумму около $4 млрд в год. Объем пожертвований увеличился более чем в два раза с 2005 года.
То есть, если считать все средства, полученные от палестинцев из всех источников, только в последние 10 лет, мы получим удивительную сумму, приближающуюся к $ 25 миллиардам. Речь идет о сумме на $18 млрд больше, чем подсчитанный ими самими суммарный ущерб.
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Палестинцы утверждают, что конфликт с Израилем наносит вред их экономике. Нет сомнений, это верно. Но, с другой стороны, кажется, что из этого конфликта они извлекают много выгоды. Если бы не было конфликта, палестинцы могли бы только мечтать о получении помощи. Так что, имеют ли они реальную экономическую заинтересованность в прекращении конфликта?
Вся их культура построена на том, что они получают неограниченное количество западной помощи, потому что - по их словам шестьдесят лет назад - они обвиняют Запад и ООН в их положении, и они не будут ничего делать, чтобы исправить это самостоятельно.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
No business like "Palestine business"
By Adam Reuter at YNet:
The Palestinian Authority recently claimed that Israel gravely harms the PA economy. In fact, Palestinian officials argue that the Israeli occupation exacts a heavy price from their economy, offering a conservative estimate of $7 billion in the past 10 years.
The above estimate includes the frozen economic activity in Gaza as result of the blockade policy, the lost income from natural resources used by Israel given its control of most of the occupied area, additional Palestinian costs as result of restrictions on movement, and further limitations on local production.
Let's forget for a moment why a blockade was imposed on Gaza, why roadblocks have been erected in Judea and Samaria, and why is it that our communities surround themselves with a fence, rather than Palestinian communities. Let's assume that the Palestinian claims are fully accurate, and that the accumulated economic damage they incurred indeed totals $7 billion. As it turns, this is still a good deal for them.
I argue that the Palestinians have turned their misery into an economic strategy that benefits them. As result, they receive more money than all the damage they allegedly incur. Moreover, the current situation is economically beneficial for them, to a great extent.
The Palestinians fail to note that at this time they receive, both directly and indirectly, some $3-4 billion in annual international aid. This is more than double the annual damage to their economy as result of the occupation.
The Palestinians are world champions in per capita aid. On average, each one receives donations of some $1,000 per year. More than 60% of the Palestinian Authority's production originates from global donations. Statistical figures show that in the years 2009 and 2010, the PA received donations totaling some $4 billion per year. The scope of donations more than doubled itself since 2005.
That is, if we count all the funds received by the Palestinians from all sources only in the past 10 years, we reach an amazing sum approaching $25 billion. This is about $18 billion more than their own accumulated damage calculations.
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The Palestinians claim that the conflict with Israel harms them economically. There is no doubt this is true. Yet on the other hand, it seems they profit much from the conflict. Had it not been for the conflict, the Palestinian would barely receive any global aid. So do they have a genuine economic interest in putting an end to the conflict?
Their entire culture is built on the idea that they deserve unlimited amount of Western aid, because - as they said sixty years ago - they blame the West and the UN for their situation, and they won't do anything to fix it themselves.
(h/t zozosophie)
Перевод И.Ф.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
No business like "Palestine business"
By Adam Reuter at YNet:
The Palestinian Authority recently claimed that Israel gravely harms the PA economy. In fact, Palestinian officials argue that the Israeli occupation exacts a heavy price from their economy, offering a conservative estimate of $7 billion in the past 10 years.
The above estimate includes the frozen economic activity in Gaza as result of the blockade policy, the lost income from natural resources used by Israel given its control of most of the occupied area, additional Palestinian costs as result of restrictions on movement, and further limitations on local production.
Let's forget for a moment why a blockade was imposed on Gaza, why roadblocks have been erected in Judea and Samaria, and why is it that our communities surround themselves with a fence, rather than Palestinian communities. Let's assume that the Palestinian claims are fully accurate, and that the accumulated economic damage they incurred indeed totals $7 billion. As it turns, this is still a good deal for them.
I argue that the Palestinians have turned their misery into an economic strategy that benefits them. As result, they receive more money than all the damage they allegedly incur. Moreover, the current situation is economically beneficial for them, to a great extent.
The Palestinians fail to note that at this time they receive, both directly and indirectly, some $3-4 billion in annual international aid. This is more than double the annual damage to their economy as result of the occupation.
The Palestinians are world champions in per capita aid. On average, each one receives donations of some $1,000 per year. More than 60% of the Palestinian Authority's production originates from global donations. Statistical figures show that in the years 2009 and 2010, the PA received donations totaling some $4 billion per year. The scope of donations more than doubled itself since 2005.
That is, if we count all the funds received by the Palestinians from all sources only in the past 10 years, we reach an amazing sum approaching $25 billion. This is about $18 billion more than their own accumulated damage calculations.
...
The Palestinians claim that the conflict with Israel harms them economically. There is no doubt this is true. Yet on the other hand, it seems they profit much from the conflict. Had it not been for the conflict, the Palestinian would barely receive any global aid. So do they have a genuine economic interest in putting an end to the conflict?
Their entire culture is built on the idea that they deserve unlimited amount of Western aid, because - as they said sixty years ago - they blame the West and the UN for their situation, and they won't do anything to fix it themselves.
(h/t zozosophie)
