And if I had, I'm sure I would be able to provide a better commentary.

So the film followed the lives of four Palestinian families living in a camp near Bethlehem?

Why hasn't the Palestinian Authority, that was set up 11 years ago by the Oslo Accords, absorbed these people into the Palestinian society? The PA gets $125 million a month is foreign aid to administer to the housing, medical, educational, and consumer needs of its citizens.

In 1994, which was the end of the Israeli occupation by passing civil administrative and internal security (police powers) to the Palestinian Authority, the standard of living for the average Palestinian family was at an all time high.

Today, after four years of Arafat's Intifada, the unemployment rate has jumped from 5% (when Israel transferred leadership to Arafat) to from 37-67%.*

The only conclusion one can draw from this, is the Palestinian people enjoyed far better living circumstances when they lived under the Israeli occupation than they do now in the PA.



from: IfAmericansKnew.org