International donors pledged $5.4bn (£3.4bn) towards the rebuilding of Gaza after the recent 50-day war, but 100,000 Palestinians will still be homeless in the territory as winter arrives.
The amount promised at conference in Cairo far exceeded the $4bn the Palestinian Authority said it would cost for reconstruction after the war in which more than 2,000 Palestinians and 73 Israelis died.
The Egyptian leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, opened the one-day donors’ conference calling for “permanent calm” between Hamas and Israel to allow reconstruction to occur. Qatar’s foreign minister, Khalid al-Attiya, committed $1bn in aid, while the US secretary of state, John Kerry, announced $212m in aid, bringing the US’s total contribution to $400m. Gulf states pledged a combined $2bn.
Jeg bare svarer på påstanden om at landene i midt-østen ikke bidrar. Noe de altså gjør.