The Promised Land and vicinity

Food as Entertainment.  PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad 
eats a piece of the world’s biggest knafeh in Nablus. 
(Good stuff, made with goat cheese.)
The Palestinians are the top per-capita aid recipients in the history of the planet.


"Humanitarian aid" to Palestinians is a booming business.  Or shell we call it an "apartheid aid"?
They want some too.   Millions face starvation in Africa.
Dan Greenfield recently reported that the Palestinian Authority is facing another budget crisis and requesting additional funding from the West. Before we take out our overdrawn checkbooks, it might be time to look at some of the numbers and decide if we can afford to pour more money down the Palestinian Authority drain.
Greenfield makes the point that the Palestinians are better off than some of the people who are footing most of the PA bills.   Read more