Palestinian refugees donate 10,000 dollars to Katrina victims

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/September/middleeast_September378.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

RAMALLAH, West Bank - A Palestinian refugee committee on Tuesday donated 10,000 dollars to help the tens of thousands of Americans made homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

Representatives from Palestinian refugee camps, which house some of the most disadvantaged people in the Middle East, handed the cheque to US consul general Jacob Walles in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

[Verve]

1. Says a lot about humanity!

I'm touched.:loveya:

[mike_c]

2. I just might kick this all night long (recommending)....

One of the groups of people that U.S. foreign policy has most shit upon, whose plight is the cause of much of the turmoil that we have exploited in the ME, can find the decency to send money they can ill afford to soothe the suffering of one of their most remorseless enemies.

Kick indeed. I just don't know what else to say.

[hopein08]

3. kicked and recommended

[lvx35]

4. recommended.

[MrSlayer]

5. But they called our people REFUGEES!!

DAMN IT!

But seriously this is a pretty nice gesture from a group of people that live in these horrible conditions all their lives.

[Maraya1969]

17. To them they look like refugees. It's all good.

[spacelady]

6. Of all the helping hands that have offered aid, this one

really chokes me up. True humanitarians; lessons to be learned.

[kineneb]

7. comes under the "widow's mite" clause of giving

and a reminder to the wealthy of their stinginess.

[bonito]

8. kick !!!

[Brightmore]

9. What a great story

:thumbsup:

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Palestinians ... human .... humane ... caring ...... folks ..... people

I am touched deeply. This post jumped off the page and grabbed me.

Nominated.

[Rose Siding]

11. A lovely gesture

Very touching

[sabra]

12. putting politics aside... we are all humans!

thanks for the post.

[hiley]

13. Palestinian people

are remarkable and wonderful.

[Tom Joad]

14. They have just as much a right a return as the people of N.O.

And ain't so sad that so many people, even so-called progressives, would deny them that basic human right?

I gotta tell you all, as someone who has spent some time in the West Bank, that there is not a more humane people in all the earth.

Unfortunately, with the help of our congresspeople (yes, even those "democrats" with a few exceptions) there is not a more oppressed people in all the earth either.

[IndyOp]

15. The donation is offered freely and it is a plea...

A plea to be perceived as the decent human beings that they are.

I am so, so sick of the perception of all Palestinians as terrorists.

I pray for a secure and democratic Israel AND for a secure, prosperous Palestine.

Here are reports from friends who traveled to Israel-Palestine and met with many, many Israelis and Palestinians: < http://www.bpac.info/IDIP/delegation.html >

[MissMarple]

16. I'm not going to read this. I will not cry, tonight.

Damn, damn, damn! What has happened to our country?

[acmavm]

18. Just think what might be accomplished if we tried to deal honestly and

fairly with these people for a change. Hey, maybe even let them participate in the world economy as an equal. I have a feeling that this would make a big difference. Do I think it will happen?

Nope.

[Maraya1969]

19. God Bless them! Just when you think there is too much evil in the

world you end up reading something like this. And you must go on.

[Bravo411]

20. People all over the world...

are starting to realize that our government doesn't just not give a shit about them, but that it doesn't give a shit about its own people.

Palestinians, Iraqis, and Americans now have something in common, the Corporate owned U.S. government doesn't give a shit about anything other than corporate profit. They don't care who dies and will do whatever it can to ensure they continue to profit from the death, even if it's the citizens of this country dying in the streets of America.

On Edit: P.S. -Thank you Palestine. Now it's up to us, the American People to ensure that Halliburton, SCI, and the rest of Bush's corporate cronies don't get their fat grubby hands on the money. We've got our work cut out for us, cause they've already started dolling out the funds to them.

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[correlator]

21. awesome post! n/t

[fujiyama]

22. This is really something

and I hope more people know about this.

[ninkasi]

23. What a beautiful gesture

from people who can ill afford it. Remind me, somebody, why we can't seem to get out of the habit of blowing other people up?

[fooj]

24. Restores my faith in humanity!

If we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.-Mother Teresa

Peace.

[xchrom]

25. kicked.

[The Stranger]

26. Kick.

[Wordie]

27. Just when I am totally disgusted with human nature, a story like this!

Recommended! Thanks for posting this, NNNOLHI.

[pushycat]

28. A grand thing to do

In my experience overall, those with the least usually give more than they can afford. Wow that is cool