RAMALLAH – The Palestinian leadership hailed the decision of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to allocate $200 million to support Palestinian cities, a report said on Monday.

“President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership commended the generous donation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian cities in face of Israeli occupation,” the official Wafa news agency said.

“We highly appreciate the generous donation that will strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their lands and their quest for achieving their goals by having a fully sovereign state on the borders of June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” Wafa quoted Abbas as saying.

On Sunday, King Abdullah issued directives to allocate $200 million to help Palestinian cities resist infringements on their territories.

Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Prince Mansour Bin Miteb said that the funding will cover all Palestinian cities and municipalities that are members of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities.

Prince Mansour said that the funds will be utilized to build infrastructure facilities and expansion of drinking water purification plants in Palestinian cities, develop and expand hospitals, maintain health, education and social service centers.

Abbas visited the Kingdom several times in recent years to request urgent help to overcome the financial crisis faced by Palestine.

On May, the Kingdom donated $86 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) for projects in the West Bank, Lebanon and Gaza.

On January, Saudi Arabia channeled $100 million to Palestine to overcome its fiscal crisis.

Original Posted By sumber lokal[CENTER]Raja Abdullah Saudi Sumbangkan 200 Juta Dolar untuk Palestina[/CENTER]
RAJA Arab Saudi Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz dilaporkan telah memberi instruksi penggelontoran dana sebesar 200 juta dolar bantuan untuk Palestina.

Menteri Saudi urusan kota dan pedesaan Pangeran Mansour bin Miteb menyatakan bahwa Raja Abdullah memberikan instruksi mengenai paket bantuan sebesar 200 juta dolar ke Palestina selama konferensi Organisasi Ibukota Islam dan Kota di Mekkah.

Miteb mengatakan 200 juta dolar bantuan akan digunakan di bidang kesehatan, pendidikan, upaya pemulihan, proyek infrastruktur dan fasilitas sosial serta akan mencakup semua kota-kota yang ada di Palestina, kementerian dan kotamadya.

Sementara itu, konferensi juga sepakat untuk menyelesaikan isu-isu seperti pembangunan ibukota dan kota-kota Islam dan melakukan modernisasi serta perlindungan identitas dan budaya Islam.[fq/islampos/worldbulletin]