An Arab League official said Sunday there were "tough obstacles" facing Arab banks to transfer money from Arab parties to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Mohammad Sabeeh, assistant secretary general for Palestine affairs, told KUNA the problem was not in collecting Arab money but how to transfer it to the Palestinian people. He said the Arab League and Arab government failed to remove the obstacles.Sabeeh attributed the obstacles to fears of Arab banks from sanctions that might be unilaterally imposed by the US, or freezing money transfer process before reaching the PA. He said the Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa were exerting efforts to overcome the obstacles through regular meetings with banks' chiefs and officials from the Palestinian finance minister. Moussa, added Sabeeh, was also contacting PA president Mahmoud Abbas and top Arab officials to address the problem.
| "Who is it on the phone? Amr calling again to ask me about the damn money? Tell him to call Khaled in Damascus and cry on his shoulder. Those f***ers tried to kill me. Let 'em eat sand." |