Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Government of Gaza, Abbas has pledged 600 million dollars of assistance.

The Government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced the intention to provide 600 million dollars on a program of rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli military operation. That was reported by Reuters.
The bulk of this amount, according to the agency, will be the contributions of foreign donors. According to the prime minister Salam Fayyad autonomy (Salam Fayyad) funds will be spent on the restoration of buildings destroyed or damaged during the Israeli attacks.
March 2, in Egypt to open an international conference on the reconstruction sector, which will work with the Abbas administration. The damage from the Israeli army to conduct operations in December 27, 2008 to 18 January 2009, estimated at two billion dollars. Saudi Arabia has already pledged one billion.
However, it is not clear how the expenditure will be controlled by these means. Gaza since the summer of 2007, is controlled by the radical movement Hamas, which refuses to maintain direct contacts, Israel and Western countries. Abbas's government, under whose control remains the West Bank, is in conflict with Hamas respects.
Hamas claimed that the entire financial sector to help them pass through the structure. February 4, press secretary of the UN stated that the Hamas police in Gaza seized from a warehouse UN thousands of blankets and food. Reported the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth. The Israeli authorities emphasized that they are willing to help in the restoration sector, if the funds are not allocated Hamas, which the Israelis consider a terrorist group.

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