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Adjusting for the Begin-Sadat Center population count and adding in foreign aid, GDP per capita in the West Bank and Gaza comes to $3,380, much higher than in Egypt and significantly higher than in Syria or Jordan. Why should any Palestinian refugee resettle in a neighboring Arab country? GDP per capita, moreover, does not reflect the spending power of ordinary people. Forty-four percent of Egyptians, for example, live on less than $2 a day, the United Nations estimates. The enormous state bureaucracy eats up a huge portion of national income. New immigrants to Egypt who do not have access to government jobs are likely to live far more poorly than per capita GDP would suggest. Other data confirm that Palestinians enjoy a higher living standard than their Arab neighbors. A fail-safe gauge is life expectancy. The West Bank and Gaza show better numbers than most of the Muslim world

Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KH18Ak01.html Life Expectancy by Country in Years Oman 75.6 Bahrain 75.6 West Bank and Gaza 73.4 Saudi Arabia 72.8 Jordan 72.5 Algeria 72.3 Turkey 71.8 Egypt 71.3 Morocco 71.2 Iran 71.0 Pakistan 65.5 Yemen 62.7 Sudan 58.6 Somalia 48.2 Source: United Nations

Here's a deeply disturbing article about Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, and why we should all fear their coming to power. What you haven't been told is this: the Moslem Brothers were a small, unpopular group of anti-modern fanatics unable to attract members, until they were adopted by Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich