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"Excluded from a political role by Israel and the United States, the European Union (EU) -- the largest aid donor -- hoped "that the provision of assistance and funds to the Palestinians would in turn give donors ammunition to influence American unilateral mediation efforts and Israeli policies on the ground" (173). But "courting the Americans and appeasing Israel" (173) did not have the desired effect. Instead, financial aid became a "fig leaf" (13) for the absence of a political process to resolve the underlying causes of conflict; it subsidized Israeli occupation and colonization, and donors knowingly bankrolled a Palestinian regime that was "authoritarian, unaccountable and repressive" (169) -- and completely dependent on subsidies."

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