1 billion Arab fund for Jerusalem
DOHA (Reuters) The Arab League on Tuesday approved Canada Goose sale a Qatari proposal to set canada goose uk black friday up a $1 billion fund for Arab East uk canada goose Jerusalem, which Palestinians buy canada goose jacket want as the capital of an independent state under any peace deal with Israel.
Arab League Secretary General Nabil al Araby (L) talks during his news conference canada goose coats on sale with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al Thani at the Canada Goose Online end of canadian goose jacket the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Arabs say that Israeli settlement building uk canada goose outlet on land captured canada goose clearance sale in the 1967 Middle East war, including Arab East Jerusalem, has made a two state solution backed by the Canada Goose Jackets United States unfeasible.
Qatar emir, Sheikh canada goose store Hamad bin canada goose black friday sale Khalifa Al Thani, said his country will contribute $250 million to the fund, which he called for in an opening speech to an Arab summit in Doha that canada goose uk shop focused on the crisis in Syria and stalled Israeli Palestinian peace efforts.
summit. calls for setting up a fund to support Jerusalem to the value of $1 billion to finance projects and programmes that would maintain the Arab and Islamic character of the city and reinforce the steadfastness of cheap Canada Goose its people, the draft resolution said.
The Islamic Development Bank, based in Saudi Arabia Red Sea city of Jeddah, will manage the fund, it said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cheap canada goose uk welcomed the fund to help protect the Arab character of Canada Goose Coats On Sale the city and urged Arab states to contribute to it.
Israeli occupation is working in a systematic and buy canada goose jacket cheap hurried way to Judaise East Jerusalem, change its features and uproot its Palestinian inhabitants, attacking the al Aqsa Mosque and its Muslim and Christian holy sites, Abbas said in a speech at canada goose the summit.
Israeli Foreign Ministry Canada Goose Outlet spokesman Yigal Palmor said the initiative was badge of shame for Qatar.
to of Jerusalem so to speak, is absurd and is equatable to an objection to the Catholic nature of the Vatican or the Islamisation of Mecca, it is naturally unthinkable, Palmor said.
The fate of Jerusalem has proved one of the thorniest sticking points in past Middle East peace negotiations.
Citing Jewish biblical ties to the holy city, Israel annexed the Arab eastern half and its surroundings in 1980 in a move rejected by the United Nations Security Council.
On Friday canada goose clearance the United States promised $500 million in aid to the PA, and Israel pledged to resume transferring $100 million in monthly tax revenue it collects on the Palestinians behalf.
Qatar emir did not say if the proposed Arab fund would be channelled to the PA, whose writ does not run in East Jerusalem.
About 200,000 Israelis live in Canada Goose Parka the annexed Arab part of Jerusalem, including more than 1,000 in and around the mostly Arab Old City.
Palestinian officials are sceptical of Arab aid pledges, as few Arab countries carried through on promises last year to cover a Palestinian funding canada goose uk outlet gap aggravated by Israeli sanctions.
Last year Arab donations, including $200 million from Saudi Arabia, constituted almost half the PA Canada Goose online foreign aid, with the United States and European Union providing around $330 canada goose clearance million.
we have seen many times before, canada goose coats unfortunately decisions canada goose factory sale in Arab summits often do not materialise on the ground, said Ghassan Shaka, https://www.expeditionparkaoutlets.ca a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
is just a means, political help is the important thing, he said. Arab world must convince and apply pressure so the world knows what required for peace. (Reporting by Sami Aboudi and Noah Browning in Ramallah; additional reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; Editing by Michael Roddy).