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| Arabs to raise $500 m for Jerusalem: AL chief |
| 2010-03-26 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Arab foreign ministers preparing a summit of heads of state in Libya agreed on Thursday to raise $500 million for Jerusalem Palestinians, Arab League Chief Amr Moussa said. "Yes, they have agreed," Moussa told reporters when asked if the fund had been approved by the ministers in the Libyan Mediterranean city where Arab heads of state will hold their annual summit on Saturday and Sunday. The leaders must now ratify the agreement. Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari earlier returned back to the meetings of the Arab foreign ministers after he was ordered by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to quit in protest citing a meeting this week between Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi and Iraqi opposition figures, Al Arabiya reporter said Thursday. "There is no more question of the Iraqi delegation pulling out (of the summit)," Zebari told reporters in the Mediterranean city of Sirte where he will represent his country at a summit of Arab leaders on Saturday and Sunday. "We will contribute, we will participate and we will work for the success of this summit," he added. Zebari was told to pack up and go home, a diplomat earlier told AFP. "Maliki instructed Zebari to leave by the end of the day Thursday in protest at a meeting granted by Kadhafi to a delegation of Iraqi opposition figures," the diplomat said earlier. He ordered that the Iraqi delegation to the Arab summit be scaled back, leaving behind in Sirte Iraq's permanent representative to the Arab League. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 if the cause is 'buy qassams to launch at Israel' then i imagine a fair portion will get to the designated end |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-03-26 21:38 |
| #2 I wonder if so much as a single dollar will get to the designated cause? |
| Posted by: trailing wife on the other computer 2010-03-26 19:41 |
| #1 so Jerry will have an Arab Telethon? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-26 08:35 |