It's rare for US media to even admit that anyone other than Israelis have a point about Gaza, so this segment from NBC News is noteworthy:
What can I add? It's bad. And it looks like the perpetually denied facts are becoming undeniable.
The president called the situation in Gaza "unsustainable" and pledged the following aid:
Expect the "OBAMA'S A TERR'IST" hyperbole from the right to increase pretty much immediately.
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What can I add? It's bad. And it looks like the perpetually denied facts are becoming undeniable.
New York Times:
President Obama promised a $400 million aid package for the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday, as the United States scrambled to come up with a way out of the stalemate in the Middle East exacerbated by the Gaza flotilla incident last week.
Mr. Obama, meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, said that the money would go to housing and schools. White House officials said that the money also would help increase access to drinking water and to help address health and infrastructure needs.
The president called the situation in Gaza "unsustainable" and pledged the following aid:
A $240 million investment by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in the AMAL mortgage finance program in the West Bank, which is designed to increase homeownership by offering long-term mortgages at fixed- and variable rates.
$75 million in funding through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the Palestinian Authority’s work to improve infrastructure throughout the West Bank and Gaza.
$10 million in USAID-funded activities aimed at enhancing the Palestinian private sector’s competitiveness.
$40 million to support UNRWA's Emergency Appeal for Gaza and the West Bank, which will help improve educational and health services, increase job creation, and repair shelters in Gaza, while also addressing core humanitarian needs in the West Bank.
$14.5 million in USAID projects for school rehabilitation, small-scale agriculture, the repair of a hospital facility and other community infrastructure in Gaza.
$10 million for the construction of five new UNRWA schools in Gaza.
$5 million to start nine USAID-funded projects to repair water distribution and wastewater collection systems in Gaza.
Expect the "OBAMA'S A TERR'IST" hyperbole from the right to increase pretty much immediately.
