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Palestinian Authority Rejects Direct Iran Aid to 'Intifada' Families
[An Nahar] The Paleostinian Authority on Sunday said direct financial assistance by Iran to the families of Paleostinians killed in a five-month wave of violence would be unacceptable.Tehran announced last week assistance would be offered to families of Paleostinians killed in the wave of violence that erupted in October, but the PA says such aid must follow official channels. Paleostinian presidency front man Nabil Abu Rudeina, cited by local media, said bypassing the authority in handing out such funds would constitute illegal interference in internal Paleostinian affairs. Iran should "send this money through official channels to the (PA's) Martyrs and Prisoners Foundation rather than relying on informal and circuitous routes," Abu Rudeina said. Iran's ambassador to Leb, Mohammad Fathali, said Wednesday that Tehran would offer $7,000 to the families of each Paleostinian killed in what he called the "Jerusalem intifada." Iran will also give $30,000 to Paleostinian families whose homes have been destroyed by Israel because a member is accused of carrying out an anti-Israeli attack, he told a news conference in Beirut. The money pledged is in addition to the monthly aid paid since 1987 by an Iranian institution to families of Paleostinians killed, he said. The wave of violence in Israel and the Paleostinian territories since October has killed 177 Paleostinians as well as 28 Israelis, an American, a Sudanese and an Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... n, according to an AFP toll. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-29 |
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