Jews Against Nationalism

Council on Foreign Relations  Thursday, January 8, 2009; 11:27 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/08/AR2009010801937.html Is Hamas only a terrorist group? No. In addition to its military wing, the so-called Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigade, Hamas devotes much of its estimated $70-million annual budget to an extensive social services network. Indeed, the extensive social and political work done by Hamas - and its reputation among Palestinians as averse to corruption - partly explain its defeat of the Fatah old guard in the 2006 legislative vote. Hamas funds schools, orphanages, mosques, healthcare clinics, soup kitchens, and sports leagues. "Approximately 90 percent of its work is in social, welfare, cultural, and educational activities," writes the Israeli scholar Reuven Paz. The Palestinian Authority often fails to provide such services, and Hamas's efforts in this area¿as well as a reputation for honesty, in contrast to the many Fatah officials

'Reuven Paz PhD, Senior Research fellow at The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) in Herziliya, Israel said in July 20, 2001 that 90% of Hamas’ funds go to “ social, welfare, cultural, and educational activities”  like running relief programs, funding schools (including ones for women), orphanages, nurseries, mosques, sports leagues, healthcare clinics for orthodontics, pediatrics, post-surgical care, as well as soup kitchens.   This is largely why they were elected in 2006 and why they are still popular among Palestinians. Even, Matthew Levitt, a strong critic of Hamas who wants it destroyed admits in his book on Hamas using Israeli estimates that Hamas has a budget of only $70 to 90 million, and 80 to 85% of this money is spent on social welfare programs.' adam goldstein https://toolsofcontrol.com/2017/08/31/a-brief-history-of-palestine-and-israel-the-ongoing-occupation-and-the-crimes-against-humanity-committed-by-the-racist-israeli-government/#comment

https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/0/7F0AF2BD897689B785256C330061D253 Resolution 181 (II). Future government of Palestine A The General Assembly, Having met  in special session at the request of the mandatory Power to constitute and instruct a special committee to prepare for the consideration of the question of the future government of Palestine at the second regular session; Having constituted  a  Special Committee  and instructed it to investigate all questions and issues relevant to the problem of Palestine, and to prepare proposals for the solution of the problem, and Having received and examined  the report of the Special Committee ( document A/364 )  1 /  including a number of unanimous recommendations and a plan of partition with economic union approved by the majority of the Special Committee, Considers  that the present situation in Palestine is one which is likely to impair the general welfare and friendly relations among nations; Takes note  of the declaration by th