... How Dumb are the French?
Msr. Laurent Fabius: "Combien d'argent voulez vous?"
Prime Minister-designate Rami Hamdallah thanked France for the money, which he said was badly needed to help the PA overcome its financial crisis and a $500 million deficit in order to be able to pay salaries for 180,000 public employees on time.
He said he will ask European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton when he meets her on September 9 in Brussels for more financial support to the budget.
Speaking following the signing of the agreements with visiting French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Hamdallah said that the solid waste treatment plant will be build in central Gaza and is worth $32 million, which will be supplemented financially from the World Bank and the European Union.
“We asked for France’s assistance to lift in total the blockade Israel has imposed on Gaza so that we can develop the Gaza Strip,” said Hamdallah, who also told Fabius that Israeli settlements impede the
On his part, Fabius said France will continue to financially support the Palestinians in spite of its
own economic problems urging the PA to diversify
its financial resources.Speaking following the signing of the agreements with visiting French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Hamdallah said that the solid waste treatment plant will be build in central Gaza and is worth $32 million, which will be supplemented financially from the World Bank and the European Union.
“We asked for France’s assistance to lift in total the blockade Israel has imposed on Gaza so that we can develop the Gaza Strip,” said Hamdallah, who also told Fabius that Israeli settlements impede the peace process urging France to support Palestinian projects in areas of the West Bank under full Israeli control and in East Jerusalem.
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