Abbas Urges EU to Restore Funding to Palestinian Authority
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to restore funding to his government, in order to prevent the Palestinian territories from sliding into what he calls an abyss and a new cycle of conflict. In an address to the European Parliament Tuesday, Abbas said the recent European aid cut-off threatens to make a deteriorating economic and social situation in the territories even worse.
The EU and the United States have frozen aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority because of Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence. Israel is withholding about 50 million dollars each month in tax revenue that it collects for the Palestinians.
Abbas said the Hamas-led government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
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巴勒斯坦總統(tǒng)阿巴斯敦促歐盟恢復(fù)向巴勒斯坦政府提供資金，以免巴勒斯坦管轄地滑向他所說的“深淵”和新的沖突循環(huán)。阿巴斯星期二在歐盟議會發(fā)表講話時說，最近歐盟切斷援助將使巴勒斯坦日益惡化的經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會局勢雪上加霜。
歐盟和美國凍結(jié)了向哈馬斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的政府提供的援助，因為哈馬斯拒絕承認(rèn)以色列和摒棄暴力。以色列扣留了為巴勒斯坦*征收的每月約五千萬美元稅收。
阿巴斯說，必須給予哈馬斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的政府適應(yīng)國際社會基本要求的機(jī)會。
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to restore funding to his government, in order to prevent the Palestinian territories from sliding into what he calls an abyss and a new cycle of conflict. In an address to the European Parliament Tuesday, Abbas said the recent European aid cut-off threatens to make a deteriorating economic and social situation in the territories even worse.
The EU and the United States have frozen aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority because of Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence. Israel is withholding about 50 million dollars each month in tax revenue that it collects for the Palestinians.
Abbas said the Hamas-led government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
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巴勒斯坦總統(tǒng)阿巴斯敦促歐盟恢復(fù)向巴勒斯坦政府提供資金，以免巴勒斯坦管轄地滑向他所說的“深淵”和新的沖突循環(huán)。阿巴斯星期二在歐盟議會發(fā)表講話時說，最近歐盟切斷援助將使巴勒斯坦日益惡化的經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會局勢雪上加霜。
歐盟和美國凍結(jié)了向哈馬斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的政府提供的援助，因為哈馬斯拒絕承認(rèn)以色列和摒棄暴力。以色列扣留了為巴勒斯坦*征收的每月約五千萬美元稅收。
阿巴斯說，必須給予哈馬斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的政府適應(yīng)國際社會基本要求的機(jī)會。