Thread: US provides 50 million dollars in aid for Palestinians

US provides 50 million dollars in aid for Palestinians

Fri Jul 14, 12:27 PM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Washington said it had contributed 50 million dollars to a United Nations emergency relief fund for Palestinian refugees in the
West Bank and Gaza.

US Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs David Welch announced the contribution following talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, a US consulate statement said.

The United Nations -- which has received less than a third of the funds it needs to deal with a humanitarian crisis in Palestinian areas -- called on the international community Friday to help fill the 385-million-dollar shortfall.

"Never before have the Palestinians needed our compassion and solidarity more," said UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will use the 50.8-million-dollar US contribution to help provide food, employment and health services to some 1.8 million Palestinian refugees, the US consulate said.

UNRWA Commissioner General Karen Koning AbuZayd said in a statement the contribution arrived "at a time of severe deprivations among Palestine refugees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip."

The European Commission also announced on Friday plans to release an additional 63 million dollars in humanitarian aid for the Palestinians.

Israeli military strikes unleashed following the snatching of an Israeli soldier have paralysed electricity and water supplies in the Gaza Strip, where food and medical supplies are running short and disease rates are climbing.

The violence has compounded the impact of a freeze by donors on funding for the Palestinian Authority following the election victory of the militant Islamic movement Hamas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/pl ... 0714154935

But darn it all, we just can't find any money to build that fence we said we'd build just last month or so.

Originally Posted by CountFloyd

US provides 50 million dollars in aid for Palestinians

Fri Jul 14, 12:27 PM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Washington said it had contributed 50 million dollars to a United Nations emergency relief fund for Palestinian refugees in the
West Bank and Gaza.

US Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs David Welch announced the contribution following talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, a US consulate statement said.

The United Nations -- which has received less than a third of the funds it needs to deal with a humanitarian crisis in Palestinian areas -- called on the international community Friday to help fill the 385-million-dollar shortfall.

"Never before have the Palestinians needed our compassion and solidarity more," said UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will use the 50.8-million-dollar US contribution to help provide food, employment and health services to some 1.8 million Palestinian refugees, the US consulate said.

UNRWA Commissioner General Karen Koning AbuZayd said in a statement the contribution arrived "at a time of severe deprivations among Palestine refugees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip."

The European Commission also announced on Friday plans to release an additional 63 million dollars in humanitarian aid for the Palestinians.

Israeli military strikes unleashed following the snatching of an Israeli soldier have paralysed electricity and water supplies in the Gaza Strip, where food and medical supplies are running short and disease rates are climbing.

The violence has compounded the impact of a freeze by donors on funding for the Palestinian Authority following the election victory of the militant Islamic movement Hamas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/pl ... 0714154935

Most of it going for AK-47's and RPG's, Isreal is finally doing the right thing
by taking Military action against a terroist state, they should flatten Syria while there at it!

Originally Posted by Reciprocity

Originally Posted by CountFloyd

US provides 50 million dollars in aid for Palestinians

Fri Jul 14, 12:27 PM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Washington said it had contributed 50 million dollars to a United Nations emergency relief fund for Palestinian refugees in the
West Bank and Gaza.

US Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs David Welch announced the contribution following talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, a US consulate statement said.

The United Nations -- which has received less than a third of the funds it needs to deal with a humanitarian crisis in Palestinian areas -- called on the international community Friday to help fill the 385-million-dollar shortfall.

"Never before have the Palestinians needed our compassion and solidarity more," said UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will use the 50.8-million-dollar US contribution to help provide food, employment and health services to some 1.8 million Palestinian refugees, the US consulate said.

UNRWA Commissioner General Karen Koning AbuZayd said in a statement the contribution arrived "at a time of severe deprivations among Palestine refugees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip."

The European Commission also announced on Friday plans to release an additional 63 million dollars in humanitarian aid for the Palestinians.

Israeli military strikes unleashed following the snatching of an Israeli soldier have paralysed electricity and water supplies in the Gaza Strip, where food and medical supplies are running short and disease rates are climbing.

The violence has compounded the impact of a freeze by donors on funding for the Palestinian Authority following the election victory of the militant Islamic movement Hamas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/pl ... 0714154935

Most of it going for AK-47's and RPG's, Isreal is finally doing the right thing
by taking Military action against a terroist state, they should flatten Syria while there at it!

They should also find the bank that $50 million is going to and flatten it as well.

Its also interesting how the oil cartel just raised the price of oil as a direct response, to me this was done in retaliation to America supporting isreal's actions, we should have taken the oil fields by Military Force from the Arabs like Nixon wanted to long ago.

Well...so much for the war on terrorism. What are we trying to do kill them with kindness?

Historicaly Isreal is realizing they should have never agreed to giving up the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palistinians, nor give up the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, they paying for it now .

Yes, it was a big mistake for Isreal to give up the Gaza Strip. You cannot passify these terroist, the more you give them the more they will laugh at you and demand more. Personally, I hope Isreal blows them all to hell, be that many less wanting to kill Americans! It will take Isreal doing it, the bleeding heart liberals in our country want to molly coddle them, give them civil rights, let them have their day in our courts, makes me sick, the same liberals want to destroy our country with illegal aliens and their civil rights. By all means, lets place the democrats in charge come november, then we can just hand our country over to whoever wants it! Where is that third party we so desperately need?