So why aren't Arab states paying their pledges for Gaza again?

As the World Bank complains about the lack of donors paying their pledges for Gaza (see my article from earlier), it is worthwhile to look at who exactly hasn't been paying - and why.

Here is their list as of July 15 sorted by percentage of pledges paid:

Donor	Support to Gaza	Disbursement of Support to Gaza	Disbursement ratio of Support to Gaza
South Africa	1	0	0%
Serbia	0.05	0	0%
Bahrain*	6.5	0.75	12%
Kuwait	200	29	15%
UAE	200	29	15%
Qatar*	1000	192	19%
Italy5	23.7	4.7	20%
Saudi Arabia*	500	113	23%
Spain	22.8	5.22	23%
Estonia	1.27	0.32	25%
Turkey	200	64	32%
Brazil10	5	2.4	48%
Greece	1.27	0.63	50%
Croatia	0.4	0.25	63%
Slovenia	0.19	0.127	67%
Switzerland	70.4	59	84%
European Union1	348	297	85%
Norway2	145	126	87%
Germany	63.3	57.9	91%
USA	277	277	100%
World Bank	62	62	100%
Algeria	61.4	61.4	100%
Japan4	61	61	100%
UK	32.2	32.2	100%
The Netherlands	15.3	15.3	100%
Canada	14.7	14.7	100%
Denmark	14.5	14.5	100%
Australia	13.2	13.2	100%
France7	10.1	10.1	100%
Finland	9.3	9.3	100%
Russia	8.7	8.7	100%
Belgium8	7.9	7.9	100%
Austria9	5.2	5.2	100%
India	4	4	100%
Ireland	3.17	3.17	100%
South Korea	2	2	100%
Mexico	1.1	1.1	100%
Chile	0.25	0.25	100%
Hungary	0.16	0.16	100%
Poland	0.1	0.1	100%
Malaysia	0.1	0.1	100%
Singapore	0.1	0.1	100%
Bulgaria	0.06	0.06	100%
Slovakia	0.05	0.05	100%
Romania	0.05	0.05	100%
Portugal	0.03	0.03	100%
Sweden	10	11.4	114%

Notice how poorly the Arab states are in paying their pledges.

Again, the World Bank doesn't mention the obvious. And it doesn't try to figure out why.

An op-ed in a Gulf newspaper a few days ago explains it. It describes how tired the Arab nations are about the Palestinian issue, especially the infighting between Fatah and Hamas over leadership, causing the split between Gaza and the West Bank.

It says that the recent collapse of the scheduled local elections is just the latest in a series of events showing that Palestinian leaders care little about their own people, who are kept prisoner by the disputes and narrow factional interests of Hamas and Fatah. Their actions have nothing to do with helping their people and everything to do with holding on to power.

The Arab world is keenly aware of this dynamic, and they have no interest in throwing money into a bottomless pit of greed and corruption.

While the World Bank report mentions some economic issues associated with the Fatah/Hamas split, such as how Gazans don't pay their share of taxes, it ignores how Arab donors have lost interest in the Palestinian issue altogether especially when they have their own problems that are often far, far worse.

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