seems to go against what condi rice said a week ago....maybe a little pressure from the saudi`s or the uae?....
""State Department envoy David Welch told Palestinian officials yesterday that the US Will Continue Sending Palestinians Aid.""
RAMALLAH, West Bank Feb 25, 2006 (AP)— ""The United States will continue sending humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people even after a Hamas government is formed, a senior U.S. envoy told Palestinian leaders during the first high-level meeting between the two sides since Hamas’ election victory.
State Department envoy David Welch said the U.S. continues “to be devoted to the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people and we shall remain so.”
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Welch told Palestinian officials that U.S. aid would be redirected, but Welch did not specify how.
Erekat noted that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid flow directly into infrastructure projects every year, and not into Palestinian government coffers.
“We urged the U.S. administration to continue helping the Palestinian people, as it did in previous years,” Erekat said after the meeting.
“""""They have never transferred a single dollar to the Palestinian Authority directly. The money was being transferred via non-governmental organizations.”"""""
through the u.n.?....lol.."never transferred a single dollar to the Palestinian Authority directly"...anybody remember "oil for food"?
the word of the day is "fungible".
what a joke...
"We urged the U.S. administration to continue helping the Palestinian people, as it did in previous years,” Erekat said...
of course, none of that money ended up in arafat's swiss bank accounts....
reminds of the old adage "a fool and his money are easily separated".... how true...
""State Department envoy David Welch told Palestinian officials yesterday that the US Will Continue Sending Palestinians Aid.""
RAMALLAH, West Bank Feb 25, 2006 (AP)— ""The United States will continue sending humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people even after a Hamas government is formed, a senior U.S. envoy told Palestinian leaders during the first high-level meeting between the two sides since Hamas’ election victory.
State Department envoy David Welch said the U.S. continues “to be devoted to the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people and we shall remain so.”
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Welch told Palestinian officials that U.S. aid would be redirected, but Welch did not specify how.
Erekat noted that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid flow directly into infrastructure projects every year, and not into Palestinian government coffers.
“We urged the U.S. administration to continue helping the Palestinian people, as it did in previous years,” Erekat said after the meeting.
“""""They have never transferred a single dollar to the Palestinian Authority directly. The money was being transferred via non-governmental organizations.”"""""
through the u.n.?....lol.."never transferred a single dollar to the Palestinian Authority directly"...anybody remember "oil for food"?
the word of the day is "fungible".
what a joke...
"We urged the U.S. administration to continue helping the Palestinian people, as it did in previous years,” Erekat said...
of course, none of that money ended up in arafat's swiss bank accounts....
reminds of the old adage "a fool and his money are easily separated".... how true...
