Arab League Pledges $100 Mln a Month to Support Palestinians

[The SC]

Monday, 22 April, 2019 - 05:00

Officials at an Arab League meeting in Cairo. (Reuters file photo)

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Arab League pledged from Cairo on Sunday to provide $100 million a month to support the Palestinian Authority and help it confront political and financial pressure from Israel.

The foreign ministers of the Arab League underscored the need to implement the 2002 Arab peace initiative, international resolution and the land-for-peace concept, refusing any deal that does not adhere to these references.

The ministers were referring to so-called “deal of the century” peace plan that is being drafted by the administration of US President Donald Trump.

Such a deal will fail in achieving permanent and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, they continued.

Addressing the extraordinary foreign ministers meeting, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said "the Arabs need to be engaging actively at this critical time."

The Palestinians reject the deal and demand Israel fully withdraw from all occupied territories, he added.

American officials have said last week that the deal could be unveiled after the holy month of Ramadan, which ends in June.


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[Peaceful Civilian]

Hope Palestinian don't use this aid for making tunnels, rockets , instead they should use aid for food, education and in development sector.

 

[Wilhelm II]

Hope Palestinian don't use this aid for making tunnels, rockets , instead they should use aid for food, education and in development sector.

They pay that to west bank government. There is Gaza and hamas building tunnels

 

[Kaniska]

One way...i like the approch if Arab league in addressing the Palestine issue..Although most of the Muslim nation criticize Arabs for initiating back channel diplomacy with Israel, but reality is different...As long as West has backing of Israel, Israel is not going any where...Generation of human lifes are lost or struggling to leave a normal life in Palestine due to this issue...In that sense Arab league is at least trying to remove the deadlock with this situation and finding a middle ground to address the issue..

 

[BATMAN]

It's about time Islamic countries should have a NATO like military.

 

[Timur]

It's about time Islamic countries should have a NATO like military.

For that they need to be independent.. For now they kill each other for fe sebili Amerika

 

[Dubious]

This is funny they do business wih Israel and to soothe their ego do this charity on the side line?

I expected them to at least formulate a proper solution to reduce superficial charity by telling their buddy Israel to easy down now that they openly do business and politics?

 

[Saddam Hussein]

This is funny they do business wih Israel and to soothe their ego do this charity on the side line?

I expected them to at least formulate a proper solution to reduce superficial charity by telling their buddy Israel to easy down now that they openly do business and politics?

What have non-Arab Muslim states done against Israel?

Turkey has been Israel's partner for decades with military equipment imports, all they have done is Erdogan barking like he always does.

Pakistan did nothing.

Iran does nothing, actually bought weapons from Israel during the Iran-Iraq war.