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Iran to Donate 50 Million Dollars to Palestinian Government
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=11D133E:3919ACA Iranian Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced the donation Sunday during a
conference in Tehran. ran says it is donating $50 million to the
Hamas-led Palestinian government, to ease a Palestinian cash crisis
spurred by Western aid cuts.







Manouchehr Mottaki (file)Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
announced the donation Sunday during a conference in Tehran.

The promise of funding comes after the United States and the European
Union said they were stopping aid to the Hamas government because it
refuses to renounce violence and accept Israel.

Israel is withholding about $50 million in monthly payments of tax
revenues it collects for the Palestinian Authority. Some information
for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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