http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4758471.stm

An Israeli firm providing the only fuel source to the Palestinians has decided to cut off supplies because of mounting Palestinian Authority (PA) debts.

The Palestinian Petroleum Agency head said he expected petrol and cooking gas would run out within hours.

The PA has faced financial crisis since foreign aid was frozen after Hamas - regarded as a terrorist movement by the US and EU - won elections in January.

A plan to channel donor aid directly to the Palestinians was agreed on Tuesday.

Outside pressure

The Palestinian Authority is reported to owe the Israeli company Dor Energy about $26m. The company has been the sole provider of gasoline to Palestinian areas since the mid-1990s.

"There will be an economic catastrophe," Palestinian Petroleum Agency chief Mujahed Salameh was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying of the threat to halt fuel deliveries.

"Many factories, bakeries and transport will stop working."

Mr Salameh said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was speaking to US and European officials in the hopes of pressuring Israel into ensuring that the flow of fuel continues.

In the West Bank petrol stations have already begun rationing fuel, with Reuters saying that motorists can buy a maximum of 100 shekels ($23) of fuel.

+5 Funny ...

Now we're going to be treated to absurd screeds and tearful harangues demanding the Evil Israelis pay for the gas cretins who have sworn genocide against them use ...

Note the vermin are demanding the U.S. force Israel to give it to them free ... somehow, they can't get it from Saudi Arabia? Iran? Libya? Egypt? Truly fascinating stuff ...

+5 Funny ...

Now we're going to be treated to absurd screeds and tearful harangues demanding the Evil Israelis pay for the gas cretins who have sworn genocide against them use ...

Note the vermin are demanding the U.S. force Israel to give it to them free ... somehow, they can't get it from Saudi Arabia? Iran? Libya? Egypt? Truly fascinating stuff ...
yea well its bound to go that way.

An Israeli firm providing the only fuel source to the Palestinians has decided to cut off supplies because of mounting Palestinian Authority (PA) debts.

The debts exist in part because of Israel's recent decision to steal value-added taxes on goods imported into Palestine.

At the ports, Palestinian importers are required to pay the Israeli authorities the value-added tax of 17%, as well as whatever custom taxes are due on goods that come in on their way to the West Bank or Gaza. These transactions (along with direct Palestinian transactions with Israeli firms and merchants) last year yielded revenues of $711 million.

But whose revenues are they?

To judge by the actions of the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday, the money belongs to Israel. The Cabinet announced that it was going to withhold Palestinian tax and customs revenues, at least for the moment, as a response to Hamas' electoral victory. Until the money is released - if it is released - the Israeli treasury will earn the interest.

But it's not supposed to work this way. According to the Oslo accords (and by any standards of common sense and basic justice), the revenues should serve the people who ultimately buy the goods. These tax receipts are not donations of goodwill from Israel; they are not charity. This is not like, say, Dutch foreign aid money, which is given freely by the Dutch people and can be withheld if the Dutch choose to stop giving it. These are tax revenues that are due to the people in the territories where the goods are headed, and the Israelis have no right to hold them up.

What debilitates and cripples the Palestinian economy is Israel's heavy, systematic restrictions on movement within the occupied territories - hundreds of roadblocks and military checkpoints that delay, prolong and sabotage normal economic activity and, hence, potential tax revenues.

The Palestinian Authority cannot compensate for the "lost" - or perhaps it would be more accurate to say "stolen" - tax revenues.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=9820

What debilitates and cripples the Palestinian economy is Israel's heavy, systematic restrictions on movement within the occupied territories - hundreds of roadblocks and military checkpoints that delay, prolong and sabotage normal economic activity and, hence, potential tax revenues.
so, terrorism, and the intention of hamas and others to destroy israel is what you're really saying...

The debts exist in part because of Israel's recent decision to steal value-added taxes on goods imported into Palestine.
What debilitates and cripples the Palestinian economy is Israel's heavy, systematic restrictions on movement within the occupied territories - hundreds of roadblocks and military checkpoints that delay, prolong and sabotage normal economic activity and, hence, potential tax revenues.

The Palestinian Authority cannot compensate for the "lost" - or perhaps it would be more accurate to say "stolen" - tax revenues. .


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You're preaching to the simple minded Guido! In their view anyone who uses "terrorism" is evil and it doesn't matter what prompts it. It's like the good old days when they would pull their heads out of their asses, label someone a "commie," and go back to where their brains are located.
They use the same simple minded knee jerk reactions as the "reactive" Muslim street does, or the southern "lynchers," or the immigration xenophobes.

so, terrorism, and the intention of hamas and others to destroy israel is what you're really saying...

I have better things to do that swap cliches with someone who doesn't know anything about the subject.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=9820You're preaching to the simple minded Guido! In their view anyone who uses "terrorism" is evil and it doesn't matter what prompts it. It's like the good old days when they would pull their heads out of their asses, label someone a "commie," and go back to where their brains are located.
They use the same simple minded knee jerk reactions as the "reactive" Muslim street does, or the southern "lynchers," or the immigration xenophobes.



People expect a lot from the word "terrorism," like kids expect a lot from "abracadabra." In particular, they expect that when people hear it, they will magically stop talking about reality. I'm not one of those people.

I have better things to do that swap cliches with someone who doesn't know anything about the subject.yes, because you're the only one who knows anything about this subject :rolleyes:

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=9820
You're preaching to the simple minded Guido! In their view anyone who uses "terrorism" is evil and it doesn't matter what prompts it. It's like the good old days when they would pull their heads out of their asses, label someone a "commie," and go back to where their brains are located.
They use the same simple minded knee jerk reactions as the "reactive" Muslim street does, or the southern "lynchers," or the immigration xenophobes.
so, you think its perfectly acceptable to strap explosives to your kids and send them to blow up other kids? call me simple minded then, because i can see no possible justification for such cowardice. :not:

oh..:|

A Palestinian official has said the fuel crisis threatening the occupied territories has been resolved.

The head of the Palestinian Petroleum Agency told the BBC an agreement had been reached with the Israeli supplier.

Mujahed Salameh, head of the Palestinian Petroleum Agency, said the fuel supply would be resumed on Friday.

*and:

A plan to channel donor aid directly to the Palestinians, bypassing the Hamas-led government, was agreed on Tuesday.

The EU, UN, Russia and the US said they would set up a "temporary international mechanism" to channel the money for an initial three-month period.

The US also said it would separately give $10m (£5.4m) in aid to the Palestinians through medical and children's charities.

oh..:|

A Palestinian official has said the fuel crisis threatening the occupied territories has been resolved.

The head of the Palestinian Petroleum Agency told the BBC an agreement had been reached with the Israeli supplier.




Really surprising... Could tell you that's what's going to happen two days ago...

yes, because you're the only one who knows anything about this subject :rolleyes:


so, you think its perfectly acceptable to strap explosives to your kids and send them to blow up other kids? call me simple minded then, because i can see no possible justification for such cowardice. :not:

He thinks that this is not supposed to influence the way you see the situation - like from one side pure innocent oppresed palestinians and from other side... you know.

And, no surprise again, the UN does what it can to bankroll and maintain terrorists in the style they've grown accustomed to ...

You're preaching to the simple minded Guido!
lol...yeah, that's it, simple minded. Of course it may take a simple mind to accept simple facts such as "there are consequences for your actions" But maybe we just don't understand the intricacies of murder, suicide, terrorism, and fanatical devotion to a religion that supports those things.


paint me stupid