Kuwaiti
Islamist group calls for funding Hamas
AFP
KUWAIT CITY
Petroleumworld.com
02 23 06
A Kuwaiti Islamist group on Wednesday called on the oil-rich emirate
and other Arab and Muslim countries to boost financial aid to
Palestinians in the face of Western threats to freeze funding
for a Hamas-led government.
The Salafi Movement, one of three Sunni Islamic groups in Kuwait,
urged the government in a statement to increase aid to Palestinians,
provide loans and grants and to contribute to rebuilding Palestinian
infrastructure.
It also called for fund-raising campaigns by charities, allowing
monthly deduction from salaries and for providing special care
to Palestinians who are killed or wounded by Israeli forces.
Iran vowed on Wednesday to fund a new Palestinian government headed
by the militant group Hamas, while Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
launched a fund-raising campaign on Monday to support Palestinians.
Since winning a landslide victory in Palestinian elections last
month, Hamas has been under pressure from the United States and
Europe which threatened to suspend financial aid to Palestinians.
Israel on Sunday decided to freeze the monthly transfer of millions
of dollars in customs duties owed to the Palestinian Authority,
which amount to one-third of the cash-strapped government's budget.
AFP
02 22 06
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