Palestinian question is political, not humanitarian - Naseef Muallem

Ma'an
...the donor conferences encourage Israel, the Occupying Power of the Palestinian Territory, to slake off its obligations under international law and use the occupation as an income generating project, allowing Europe and North America to pay for all the services it is obligated to provide.

So as Israeli forces continue killing innocent people, demolishing houses, building colonial walls, confiscating land and water resources or caging people in jails, donors pave roads, build court houses and take on the responsibility of occupation.

So the question remains: will aid accelerate the founding of an independent Palestinian state, or is it prolonging the life of the Israeli occupation?

...aid given to the Palestinians does not cover even 5% of Palestinian needs. [Donor institutions] know that by such aid interventions they encourage the Israeli Occupying Power to confiscate more land, to demolish more houses and to kill more people. They do know very well that they deal with the results of the problem, but not with the problem itself. Full story