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Should the US continue to provide foreign aid to the Palestinians?

Results so far:

Yes
47% 94 votes Total: 199 votes
No
53% 105 votes
  • 1 of 6

    by Paul Cowan

    US aid to the Palestinians is not a charitable gift born out of American generosity, as some suppose; it is a foreign policy tool. The primary purpose of providing aid is not...read more

  • 2 of 6

    by James Furnari

    I don't know about you, but as for me I think that it's high time the United States got some BACKBONE and be truthful concerning the seemingly never ending saga of Palestine ver...read more

  • by Donna Reid

    The current U.S. policy on foreign aid is in dire need of review. The debate on Palestinian aid exemplifies the growing urgency in a committed effort by the U.S. government in r...read more

  • 4 of 6

    by Todd Daigneault

    The Americans providing foreign aid to the Palestinians is a good way to keep the Palestinians on a track to peace and away from the growing Iranian sphere of influence in what ...read more

  • 5 of 6

    by Robert C. Sage

    Of course, the US should continue to provide foreign aid to the Palestinians. If it were not for strong American support of Israel in its repressive methods used against the Pa...read more

  • 6 of 6

    by Nick Sawyer

    One of the biggest mistakes that can be made in international politics is to treat a nation or ethnic group as a homogenous mass. To punish all Palestinians by halting US aid b...read more

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  • 1 of 12

    by Barbara Jean Decker

    "If you want money for minds that hate, all I can say brother is you have to wait." It is amazing to examine the past sixty years and find that we continue to play the same g...read more

  • 2 of 12

    by Harvey Stelman

    When you give money to a charity you expect it be used properly. Does anyone think this is the case when aid is given to the Palestinians? This article will only deal with Pales...read more

  • 3 of 12

    by Allen Smith

    The Palestinian people are worthy of respect as fellow human beings. They are entitled to live in peace with every opportunity to pursue happiness and fulfillment. In regard to ...read more

  • 4 of 12

    by Fred Tolleson

    Let me begin by saying that if a Palestinian came to my front dressed door in native regalia and speaking Arabic, I still would not know who it was. I am like the other 85-90% ...read more

  • 5 of 12

    by Carole Silverman

    I don't think the US should continue to provide foreign aid to the Palestinians because they are not using the money to build their own country. They are using the money to sta...read more

  • 6 of 12

    by Joseph Whalen

    No the United States should stop providing aid to the Palestinians. Just as the United States should stop providing aid to all other countries unless as a result of a natural d...read more

  • 7 of 12

    by Chris Kling

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave us the "New Deal" and put dozens of generations on welfare. His successor, Harry Truman, gave us the "Marshall Plan" and extended America's gener...read more

  • 8 of 12

    by Samantha Pratt-Tyler

    No we should not continue to give the Palestinians foreign aid. What do they do with the money we give them now? Do they use it for good or bad? To me they use it to supply t...read more

  • 9 of 12

    by Bill Whitney

    I didn't think we should be giving foreign aid to Palestine in the first place. What in God's name have they done for us that we should be giving them foreign aid. This whole ...read more

  • 10 of 12

    by Francis Palmieri

    This is an incredible dilemma for the American taxpayer: while Mahmoud Abbas is telling the Palestinians that they will drive the Jews out of Palestine, the American President G...read more

  • 11 of 12

    by Ian Loft

    The Palestinian situation is a complex array of religious and secular issues that span centuries. Few would argue against the fact that Middle East lands are the most fought ov...read more

  • 12 of 12

    by James Coles

    After more than three decades of working in the so-called Developing World, with much of that time spent working in Arab-Muslim countries, I find myself conflicted about the "Pa...read more

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