DOHA - Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Tuesday Saudi Arabia has pledged $90 million in emergency aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.He told reporters in the Qatari capital Doha that Kuwait has also pledged $7.5 million to the government.
Also stepping up, Qatar has been one of a few Arab states to publicly announce it was donating $50 million to the Palestinian Authority. Iran has also said it was giving a similar amount.
The European Union and the United States have cut off direct aid to the Palestinian Authority over Hamas's refusal to recognise Israel, renounce violence and accept interim peace deals.
The minister is on a tour of Arab and Muslim countries to drum up funds to fill in the gap created after Israel suspended transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority and Western donors cut off aid to the Hamas-led government.
The money will be used to fund hospitals, schools and buy medicine," Zahar said."It's just a matter of logistics," he added, when asked when the money would be delivered. "We are talking about days not weeks."
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I must say that I for one am really happy to see muslim Nations coming to the aid of Palestine. myself I am not against Palestine, Israel, or any one else.
I am merely for everyone doing the right thing so we are all able to survive. Doing the right thing is of short supply in America and the world today.
The Arab world does something we have been unable to do. They Stick it to Bush!
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com
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