Palestinian PM: Arab countries reneging on their promises to give us money

Palestinian Authority prime minister Rami Hamdallah said on Wednesday night that Arab countries promised billions of dollars in support of Jerusalem but only millions have arrived. “If the Arab summit decisions on Jerusalem were implemented, we would not be in need of anything else,” he said.

Hamdallah also said donor aid to the Palestinians for 2019 has declined by 71 percent.

Arab nations have been reneging on pledges to the Palestinians for many years now. They attend summits where they promise their full support and then usually do not follow through. Yet the conferences still happen - Hamdallah presided over one today, called the "Jerusalem Victory Conference," in Ramallah.

Absurdly, Hamdallah also claimed that there were no sanctions by the PA against Gaza. Since April 2017, the PA has limited salaries, fuel, medicines and many other items, all of which are well documented. Even Hamdallah admitted to these moves in August but he denied that they were sanctions even then, calling them "temporary measures." (Abbas gave a speech in March where he said he would increase "financial measures" against Gaza.)

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