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It’s all theater [2]:
President Obama [3] promised a $400 million aid package for the West Bank [4] and Gaza [5] on Wednesday, as the United States scrambled to come up with a way out of the stalemate in the Middle East exacerbated by the Gaza flotilla [6] incident last week.
Mr. Obama, meeting with Palestinian Authority [7] President Mahmoud Abbas [8] at the White House, said that the money would go to housing and schools. White House officials said that the money also would help increase access to drinking water and to help address health and infrastructure needs.
The exact details of how such aid would be used in Gaza remained unclear. Nor was it immediately clear how Mr. Abbas, who has authority in the West Bank but no authority in Gaza, would be able to administer it.
That last sentence says it all.