Arabs to increase monthly aid to Palestinians

The Times of India ^ | March 09 2002 | AFP

[knighthawk]

CAIRO: Arab countries have decided to increase their aid to the Palestinians from 45 million to 55 million dollars per month, Palestinian minister of international cooperation Nabil Shaath said on Saturday.

The decision was taken at a ministerial meeting here on Saturday of the committee of the Arab League charged with following up the decisions of Arab summits, Shaath told reporters.

The aid had been set at 40 million dollars, or 240 million over six months, at the Amman summit last March. It was increased to 45 million at a meeting of the follow-up committee last June.

The aid is taken from two Arab funds to support the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, which currently total 677.7 million dollars, according to an internal report of the committee.

Arab states pledged a total of one billion dollars to two funds during their summit here in October 2000, weeks after the intifada erupted.

The two are the Intifada Fund for the Support of Families of Killed and Wounded Palestinians, and the al-Aqsa Fund for the Preservation of the Islamic Character of East Jerusalem Annexed and Occupied by Israel and the Support of the Palestinian Economy.

The Islamic Development Bank was chosen to distribute the two funds at the request of certain donor countries, reluctant to give directly to the Palestinian Authority, which they argued was not transparent enough.

The follow-up committee meets every few months.

[knighthawk]

Palestinian economy crippled

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Ping

[LarryM]

More cash for explosives and weapons.

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A sickening BUMP!!

[BrooklynGOP]

The two are the Intifada Fund for the Support of Families of Killed and Wounded Palestinians suicide bombers

[Sangamon Kid]

Welfare bums. Or maybe we should call them mercenaries. This is the way other Arab states fight the war against Israel. Too cowardly to take Israel straight up, they pay the palestinians to be their grunts.

[gcruse]

Per month???? Hell, the Israeli's will rent you the country for that much !

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[Catspaw]

Toss in the $300 mil or so that the EU gives them per year, and Yasser's private bank account must be happy, happy, happy.

[American in Israel]

What ever happened to Bush's statement that those who aid and support terrorists are terrorists? I guess It does not translate well into Arabic. Seems to me that the Arab League is paying about a million dollars each to kill Jews. Not very cost effective. Expecialy when mostly they get undersized ones... [/disgusted sarcasm]

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