Free Palestine! Empowering Palestinians

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From: Free Palestine! <no-reply@causes.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:16:27 -0800
Subject: Empowering Palestinians
To: david.chirot@gmail.com

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Posted By: United Palestinian Appeal, Inc.
To: Members in 8 Causes

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Dear Friend of Palestine,
We have just returned from an eye-opening three-week trip to the West
Bank and Gaza, where we visited 33 of our partner organizations.
Grantees and ordinary Palestinians alike gave us a stark picture of
the economic reality on the ground in Palestine.&nbsp;Despite reports
that the West Bank economy is booming, most Palestinians told us that
they were not benefiting from recent growth, which is concentrated in
Ramallah. Despite the recent "easing" of the Israeli blockade, the
World Bank estimates that unemployment is at 39%, and 96% of private
sector jobs have been eliminated since 2007.&nbsp;Palestinians told us
that they don&rsquo;t want "handouts" &ndash; they want to live and
work in their homeland and exercise greater control over their lives.
In the short-term, we cannot expect an end to the Israeli occupation
and the blockade, which is essential for large-scale economic revival.
So what can we do?
Click here to read more&nbsp;and learn how you can help.
Sincerely,
Melinda Borne, Director of Programs Tarek Abuata, Director of Partner
Relations United Palestinian Appeal, Inc. 1330 New Hampshire Ave NW
Suite 104 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-659-5007

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