The United States delay the transfer of $ 200 million for Palestinians

The US Congress fulfilled its promise and froze the transfer of 200 million dollars of financial assistance to the Palestinian National Administration after the PNU chairman Mahmoud Abbas submitted a petition for the recognition of the Palestinian state, Newsru Israel reports.

The transfer of funds was frozen in August, when the Palestinians were actively preparing to submit a request to the UN and sought to support various states. Money intended for advanced training of Palestinian teachers, the development of a water supply system and road laying were allocated from the budget at the beginning of the financial year, which ended on September 30.

The representative of PNU Gassan Hatib stated in an interview with the British publication The Independent that we are talking about a “collective punishment”, to which the United States subjected the Palestinian people for its desire for freedom and independence.

He emphasized that the Palestinians did nothing bad and illegal, and added how paradoxical that PNA was losing financial assistance for contacting the UN. According to Hatib, the United States went on an unconstructive step, cutting out the allocation of funds intended for humanitarian projects, which is acutely necessary for the Palestinian people suffering from occupation.

If the money is not transferred by the USAID organization that finances various projects in the Palestinian autonomy, Palestinians and international organizations will not have money for the purchase of products within the United Naval Food Program, which provides for poor Palestinian families, for conducting health reforms, personnel training and equipment for the Holy Family Hospital in Bait Lechmar (Betheme),, The training program for managers and children's educational projects.