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==International involvement==
{{See also|Israel and the United Nations|Palestine and the United Nations|Israel-United States relations|International Solidarity Movement|International aid to Palestinians}}
The international community has long taken an involvement in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], and this involvement has only increased during the al-Aqsa Intifada. Israel currently receives $3&nbsp;billion in annual [[Israel – United States military relations#Military aid|military aid from the United States]], excluding loan guarantees.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ruebner |first=Josh |author-link=Josh Ruebner |date=26 February 2010 |title=U.S. Can't Afford Military Aid to Israel |work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/us-cant-afford-military-a_b_478104.html |access-date=16 November 2010 |archive-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618150545/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/us-cant-afford-military-a_b_478104.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Even though Israel is a developed industrial country, it has remained as the largest annual recipient of US foreign assistance since 1976.<ref name="Mearsheimer 2007">{{cite book |last1=Mearsheimer |first1=John |author-link=John Mearsheimer |last2=Walt |first2=Stephen |author2-link=Stephen Walt |title=The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy |year=2008 |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-374-53150-8}}</ref> It is also the only recipient of US economic aid that does not have to account for how it is spent.<ref name="Mearsheimer 2007"/> The Palestinian Authority receives $100&nbsp;million annually in military aid from the United States and $2&nbsp;billion in global financial aid, including "$526&nbsp;million from [[Arab League]], $651 million from the [[European Union]], $300 million from the US and about $238 million from the [[World Bank]]".<ref>{{cite news |author=O'Sullivan |first1=Arieh |author-link=Arieh O'Sullivan |last2=Friedson |first2=Felice |date=3 March 2010 |title=Jewish-Agency-style 'Palestine Network; launched in Bethleh |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |url=http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Jewish-Agency-style-Palestine-Network-launched-in-Bethleh |access-date=28 September 2014 |archive-date=8 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208030132/http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Jewish-Agency-style-Palestine-Network-launched-in-Bethleh |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the United Nations, the Palestinian territories are among the leading humanitarian aid recipients.<ref>{{cite news |author=Concepcion |first=Juan Carlos |date=9 September 2013 |title=Top 10 recipients of EU aid |url=https://www.devex.com/news/top-10-recipients-of-eu-aid-81760 |newspaper=Devex |access-date=9 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710204746/https://www.devex.com/news/top-10-recipients-of-eu-aid-81760 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Zanotti |first=Jim |date=3 July 2014 |title=U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians |url=https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf |publisher=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=9 July 2015 |archive-date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810185050/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Additionally, private groups have become increasingly involved in the conflict, such as the [[International Solidarity Movement]] on the side of the Palestinians, and the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] on the side of the Israelis.

In the 2001 and 2002 [[Arab League Summit]]s, the Arab states pledged support for the Second Intifada just as they had pledged support for the [[First Intifada]] in two consecutive summits in the late 1980s.<ref>[[Avraham Sela|Sela, Avraham]]. "Arab Summit Conferences". ''The Continuum Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East''. Ed. Sela. New York: Continuum, 2002. pp. 158–160</ref>