Tripling their earlier pledge of $3 billion in tribute, or jizya. From WND, with thanks to Kemaste:
In a direct response to the terrorist attacks on London, world leaders of the G8 nations yesterday doubled their commitment to African relief and offered the Palestinian Authority some $9 billion.
The Palestinian Authority, particularly under the leadership of Yasser Arafat, was accused of siphoning off billions in foreign aid into private bank accounts. Arafat was one of the richest men in the world when he died last year.
The money was dubbed by the group an “alternative to the hatred” and came along with a pledge to address “global climate change.”
“We speak today in the shadow of terrorism, but it will not obscure what we came here to achieve,” British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the summit host, said as he closed the three-day Group of Eight summit. “It is in the nature of politics that we do not achieve absolutely everything we hope to achieve, but nonetheless I believe we have made very substantial progress indeed.”…