Let it continue in shambles
Reader comment on item: The Palestinian Economy in Shambles

Submitted by Rick (United States), Dec 27, 2007 at 09:32

Arabs in the late 19th early 20th century came to Israel or Palestine due to economic opprotunities brought about by Jewish investment and improvements on the land. But these "clients' of Jews only wish to dominate and destory Israel and not work together.

Arabs have never in their history engaged in real building. All the lands they conquered were considered booty and were plundered by the Arab conquerers. They never built infrastrure or developed effective administration.

In the past, the dhimmi "head tax" was an important source of wealth for the Arabs. Today, that infidel head tax has been replaced by lavish "foreign aid" and just as before it is pocketed by those privileged and politically connected.

Let the palestinian economy crumble. Let them see the uselessness of their intended conquest while they cannot manage their own households. This is not a people who want to build but a people who want to take the wealth of others. It has always been that way among Arabs throughout their Islamic and even pre-Islamic history.

Persians, Turks, Greeks and Jews provided the wealth, the blood and sweat, the administration while Arabs lived off it. Stop paying the infidel head tax. Let's see what they can do on their own. I guarantee it will amount to nothing.

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