(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - Ignoring rampant corruption in the Palestinian Authority, the U.S. says it is preparing to resume unconditional financial aid to the Palestinians. Yet the assumption that renewed financial aid would lead the Palestinian leadership to make "concessions" has proven to be completely baseless over the past three decades. Anyone who thinks that the Palestinian leadership would make real "concessions" to Israel in return for hundreds of millions of dollars is living under an illusion. Since the signing of the Oslo Accord between Israel and the PLO in 1993, the Palestinians have received billions of dollars in international aid. Did the money change the Palestinians' position on crucial issues? No. Last year, the Palestinians rejected President Trump's $50 billion Middle East economic plan that would create a global investment fund to improve the Palestinian and Arab state economies.
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