How Qatar's grant to Gaza gives Israel leverage
Israel is reducing the number of beneficiaries of a Qatari cash grant in the Gaza Strip intended to help the needy.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Ambassador Mohammed al-Emadi, head of the Qatar National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, announced in a June 19 statement that the committee would disburse cash aid to only 60,000 poor families in the Gaza Strip as opposed to the original 108,000 families.
Emadi also said the committee decided, in collaboration with ministries and competent authorities, to allocate $6 million to help poor families and $4 million to implement other sustainable projects supervised by the committee. He gave no justification for the committee’s decision.
