Abbas: Palestinians Need Funds To Combat 'Israeli Threats'

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By REUTERS
08/15/2011 16:32

In Saudi paper, PA president writes that "pressures from Israel and its allies" are a risk to plan to seek United Nations approval for statehood.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday appealed for Arab financial support to help the Palestinians deal with "pressures and threats from Israel and its allies" which he said were a risk to his plan to seek United Nations approval for statehood in September.

The Palestinian Authority faces a financial crisis which forced it to cut government wages by half in July. Policymakers have identified a shortfall in Arab aid as the main cause.

Writing in the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan, Abbas said the Palestinians faced pressure from Israel and its allies to prevent them from seeing through their planned diplomatic action at September's General Assembly meeting in New York.

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