about the aid that had been given by donor countries for (re)building and support of economic development in Gaza.
Translated into English it is called ‘No money for Gaza’. (‘Pas d’argent pour Gaza’ or ‘Geen geld voor Gaza’).
But for different reasons than you suggest.
One of the persons in the documentary is - among others such as for example a former ambassador to Israel and Palestinian entrepreneurs - Shir Hever, Israeli economist who writes about the “Economy of the Occupation” and investigated how the aid was spent.
It is a documentary about the costs of the destruction in the occupied territories, about the funds that were provided in order to (re)build and develop civil projects and how the funds were used. And how these projects were then destroyed again. In the past, some projects were destroyed and rebuilt 3 or 4 times. The central question is if the Palestinians do benefit from the aid.
Shir Hever gives some remarkable numbers and specifics of the mechanisms of the aid.
It turns out that a large part of the funds, 45% according to the estimate of the UN but more then that according to the estimate of Shir Hever, directly went to the economy of Israel.
In a sense as long as the Palestinians are oppressed, they are used as an asset and “export product” by Israel. They created the destruction and misery and then benefited from it through the funds of donor nations. And then repeat the cycle.
By the way, it was like that before anyone had hardly ever heard of 'Hamas’. It just seems to have deteriorated with every ‘cycle’.
One could wonder which lobby was the strongest…
Shir Hever can be seen at 14’00, at 15’28 and at 30’49 in ‘No money for Gaza’:
http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=9219683The documentary is not in English but the interviews in Israel and Gaza are.
Here is the complete French translation (printed in blue, including the names of the other participants in the documentary):
http://www.achr.nu/news.fr221.htmInfo about the Economy of the Occupation and Alternative Information Centre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Occupation_(Bulletin)
“The Economy of the Occupation (EOC) is a series of publications about the socio-economic aspects of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The EOC is published by the Alternative Information Center (AIC) since June 2005. According to the publication’s mission statement, the EOC aims to offer a "new approach to the economic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel" and to "provide accessible and singular analyses of the socio-economic interests behind the Israeli occupation of Palestine." (…)
And AIC’s website:
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/