Palestinian authorities are "largely" to blame for the latest conflict with Israel, according to Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre Nick Cater.
"The Palestinians get more per person in aid money from around the world than any other place on earth and yet clearly a lot of that is not getting through to people who need it on the ground - it's been siphoned off by the Palestinian authorities," he said.
"Who I think are largely to blame for this latest conflict too - they are the ones who are picking this conflict strategically for their own reasons trying to derail any kind of peace between Israel and the Palestinians deliberately.
"The only people who suffer on that or the people who suffer the most are the Palestinian people."