© UnknownAnother picture of Palestine that puts the lie to Israel's claim of the moral high-ground.
According to an investigation by the Israeli daily Haaretz, Americans are lavishly funding with tax-deductible dollars the same projects the Obama administration considers obstacles to peace. It says over 220 million dollars were channeled into the Israeli settlements between 2009 and 2013. The report says the donations coming from some 50 groups cover everything from the purchase of air conditioning units to supporting families of convicted Jewish terrorists.
Comment: These are private dollars, not the tax money that the U.S. government sends to Israel as 'aid'.
Hanenu is one such group that is said to be providing legal and financial support to Jews accused of killing and other violence against Palestinians. Haaretz has cited the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund yet another US organization involved in funding Israeli settlers.
Remember there are untapped oil deposits of the coast of Gaza, just ripe for the picking.
Just imagine if Israel were to access those deposits, it would give Israel some degree of independence regarding domestic oil production and maybe some left over to sell on the open market.
Right now there are no oil production facilities in Israel, but that could change in the twinkling of an eye of if they did acquire those resources.