The Courier (Louisiana) · 10 September 2014
CP-2014-049
Donors wary of paying for Hamas-run Gaza
Mohammed Daraghmeh / The Associated Press
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The deputy Palestinian prime minister said Tuesday that international donors are hesitant to pay for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip so long as Hamas remains in control there and the specter of future wars looms.
Mohammed Mustafa, a top official in the West Bank Palestinian Authority, said international bodies are eager for President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah forces to take on a leading role in Gaza in the wake of a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas that killed more than 2,000 people.
With Hamas still committed to Israel’s destruction and with an arsenal of rockets still at its disposal, the donors are wary of rebuilding, Mustafa said. This summer’s war was the third in less than six years. “Some donors say why sponsor Israeli wars in Gaza every two years,” Mustafa said.
“Some donor countries are concerned because of the atmosphere on the ground ... because the reconstruction is not possible without enabling the (Palestinian) government to take the lead in all aspect of life in Gaza.”
Mustafa said despite the obstacles, the Palestinian Authority had launched a relief plan for Gaza and will call for a donor conference in Egypt next month. Egypt announced late Tuesday the conference, co-sponsored by Norway, would be held Oct. 12.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, the Israeli navy arrested four Palestinian fishermen and seized their boat Tuesday, a Gaza official said, in one of the first instances of friction between the sides since the Gaza war ended last month. The incident occurred off the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, said Nizar Ayyash of the Gaza Fishermen’s Union. He provided no additional details.
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"Donors wary of paying for Hamas-run Gaza," The Courier (Louisiana), 10 September 2014. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2014-049. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2014-049
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