The Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Dore Gold, has publicly challenged the popular misconception that economic distress is the primary cause of Arab terrorism. It doesn't occur because somebody's Gross National Product per capita has dropped or because somebody's refrigerator isn't working.
Terrorism springs up because theere is an organization.
There is infrastructure. Broken refrigerators are not what motivates Arabs to become terrorists. Poverty is not the root of the problem, which is why sending American money to the PLO will not solve the problem. Arab terrorists are motivated by primarily by nationalist ideology and Islamic hatred of Jews.