Thursday, December 24, 2009
As I've often commented around here, when you give money to political radicals campaigning on behalf of the Gaza Strip of Hamas, do you really have confidence in how the money is being used? Even some of the radicals are starting to ask questions:
I am not telepathically gifted and I get it very clearly. The writer is very clearly talking about Viva Palestian i.e. Galloway and company and the local Southern Californica Viva Palestina committee. He goes on to talk about the current effort to "support" the Palestinian refugees that have recently relocated to Southern California from the refugee camps after evacuating from Iraq.
There are currently four families in El Cajon with more on the way. AL-Awda is holding an "emergency" fundraiser and has been fundraising in the name of these families. There is yet to be any accounting, transparency, reporting of any kind as to what has been collected or spent so far for these families. While there has been all kinds of fundraising, the families remain in dire need. The writer is speaking from the first person narrative as he is directly involved in trying to help the families as much as he can on all levels. Hope that helps.
The information wasn't made available sooner as it wasn't apparent sooner. There was no reason to assume the worst. There were ongoing attempts to seek resolution, seek the accounting and reporting. The local volunteers with Viva Palestina unfortunately seemingly sided with Galloway and company in utilizing all kinds of tactics to delay and distract from the reality of what was apparently being planned. That was to continue fundraising without any measure of transparency or accountability at all. When it became painfully clear then there was no choice but to do the responsible thing and that is to bring the information to the attention of our community. That is exactly what happened.
Click through to see the thread. 90% of the time (and this is one of them), when people start coming at you about an emergency or a "crisis," watch you wallet.