Israel Says Qatar Should Use Its ‘Gazillions’ for Peace
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Qatar should use its “gazillions of petrodollars” to finance peacemaking, not confrontation, an Israeli official said today, responding to a planned $1 billion fund to protect “the Arab character” of Jerusalem.
The establishment of a Palestinian state, with east Jerusalem as its capital, is one of the “foremost” rights of the Palestinian people, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani said, in proposing the fund at the Arab Summit in Doha yesterday. Qatar will contribute $250 million to its coffers, he said, without specifying how the money would be spent.