(Hudson Institute New York) Mark Silverberg - The Gazans' first act of "independence," after the Israeli withdrawal from the territory in 2005, was to destroy the lucrative greenhouse industry that the Israelis left behind. According to the Heritage Foundation, since the Oslo Accords in 1993, the U.S. has showered $2.2 billion in bilateral aid on the Palestinians, in addition to more than $3.4 billion for humanitarian aid funneled through UN organizations since 1950. Vast amounts of these aid funds have been diverted to allow Hamas to building its war infrastructure such as bunkers, fortifying positions and digging tunnels. Some $10 billion has been spent globally in the last decade on the Palestinians; yet Gaza remains as pro-terrorist as ever. Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization, controls the distribution of all goods entering Gaza.
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