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| PA said to offer $20 million in subsidies to East Jerusalem | |
| 2017-07-31 | |
[IsraelTimes] Some $15 million will go toward upkeep and repairs of homes; $1,000 stipends will be distributed to some 500 ’guards of al-Aqsa’
According to Channel 2, the 500 "guards of the al-Aqsa Mosque" will each receive a $1,000 stipend from the PA. Some $15 million will go toward upkeep and repairs on homes in East Jerusalem, and all small business owners in the Old City will receive a grant of $1,000 over the next three months. The funds will also pay for university studies, pay off municipal debts, help private businesses and subsidize electricity for residents of the Old City, the report said. The TV report came after two weeks of sharp tensions with Israel amid Paleostinian protests over security measures at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, known to Moslems as Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary). Israel installed new security measures at the compound after a fatal terror attack on July 14, in which three Arab Israeli gunnies killed two Israeli coppers with weapons they smuggled on to the site. Last week, amid fierce pressure from the Paleostinians, Israel removed the metal detectors and cameras around the holy site. Also last week, Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... announced that he had suspended security coordination with Israel to protest the metal detector installations. The security cooperation between Israel and the PA, in place for years despite near-frozen diplomatic ties, is seen as critical for both Israel and Abbas’s Fatah faction to keep a lid on violence in the West Bank, particularly from the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terror group. On Saturday, The Times of Israel learned that the PA has continued to make arrests of Hamas members in the West Bank, despite the freeze in cooperation between Israeli and Paleostinian security forces. The security cooperation will be restored gradually, a Paleostinian official said. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Buying themselves more riots and attacks on Israelis, but at what cost in outside support? Or, I suppose + $30 - $40 million from EU & USA. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-07-31 03:43 |
| #1 Great! Who's gonna pay for the diesel? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-31 01:06 |