"Most of that is true. But, praise be to allah, their leaders are fabulously wealthy and live the high life. And where did they get their fabulous wealth? By siphoning off the aid funds that were supposed to be spent on the so-called Palestinian people to provide jobs and housing and water and a decent life."

- They've gotten a sizeable chunk of change from the Qatari's...

With Israel’s Consent, Qatar Gave Gaza $1 Billion Since 2012
http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2019-02-10/ty-article/.premium/with-israels-consent-qatar-gave-gaza-1-billion-since-2012/0000017f-db44-df9c-a17f-ff5cd6670000

Foxy is confusing the Palestinian people suffering as a result of Israel targeting the Hamas terrorists with collective punishment. This is not because she is stupid enough to believe this but rather because it suits her ideological position.

Hi AC,

To put that into perspective Brisbane City Council, with a population about half that of Gaza, BCC has an annual budget of over $4 billion, not to mention what state and federal chip into the city. The fact remains Palestinians, the 2.3 million people of Gaza, are among the poorest in the world, living in an area of 45 km sq, Israel with a population of 9.3 million 4 times that number, occupies an area of 22,000 km sq, or about 500 times the size of Gaza.

BTW, America has given Israel a conservative $150 billion in direct financial aid, and billions more in military and covert aid. Rich Jews in America also contribute billions in support of Israel. Then Israel also has a dynamic financial economy as well, Gaza has jack sh!t. The perfect recipe for a massive blood bath!

Shadow Minister,

My ideological position is - for the right-wing Netanyahu
Coalition and Hamas to lose their legitimicy and exit the
scene. Both Israelis and Palestinians deserve better
leadership than they have been saddled with.
But at least the Israelis have some power to change that if
they want to. The people of Gaza do not.

Jonah Shepp writing for New York Magazine tells us -
Don't blame Gazans for Hamas. The terrorist group has never
been popular among the people it rules.

Paul, ya dill.

The money AC mentioned isn't the only money Gaza got. Estimates are that they get around $US 3 billion per year in direct aid. In addition Israel provides jobs (and therefore, wages) for a further 10,000 Gazans who can pass security checks. Well they did until the unpleasantness earlier this month which of course, the woke are trying very hard to forget.

Gazans aren't poor because of lack of aid. They are poor because too much of the aid is siphoned off by Hamas to build tunnels and rockets.

Meanwhile the Hamas leadership, while sending their drug addled and fanatical foot soldiers into Israel to bravely execute babies, continue to live the high life in Qatari hotels.

The recent United Nations report (2022) paints a different
picture.

It tells us that the conditions in the enclave had been
"stifled" by years of relentless restrictions before
Oct 7th.

UNICEF confirms that "they die slowly every single day.
Child casualties in Gaza is a stain on our conscience."

While donations to Gaza are important they should not
be viewed as a substitute for ending the dreadful
restrictions and closures and calling for Israel and
all parties to bear their responsibilities under
international law.

Israel's land, air, and sea blockade has trapped more
than 2 million people inside the Gaza Strip since 2007.
No portion of Gaza's society or economy has been left
untouched.

We're told that 50% of Gaza's population is unemployed
and more than half live in dire poverty.

Although some workers in Gaza have been allowed access to
the job market in Israel the number of permits issued
accounts only for about one percent of employed workers and
is too small a number to counter poverty.

Border closures and repeated military operations have set
in motion a vicious circle of economic and institutional
collapse that has rendered Gaza a case of "development in
reverse," the UN report said.

"The impact is not confined to the short-term. Indirect and
long term effects will reverberate through future
generations," the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) report summed up.