"The Palestinian Authority is facing a severe financial crisis due to falling tax revenues during four years of violence which has paralyzed the Palestinian economy. Administration officials said the crisis was diverting attention away from needed reforms.
'The upcoming Palestinian elections have made a functioning Palestinian Authority more important than ever,' the
senior Bush administration official said. 'The United States has a national security interest in helping to end the ongoing violence and terror in the Middle East and to make progress toward the president's June 24, 2002, vision of peace.'"
Not big $, but the fact that the Palestinians are financially bankrupt speaks volumes about their bankruptcy in many aspects. Peace is what they need, but not what they want. at least the $ have some restrictions on them. What a terrible mess Arafat has made of a movement that could be successful if they abandoned terrorism.
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