Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya on Wednesday voiced
dissatisfaction with the Middle East Quartet's decision to set up a temporary
mechanism to deliver badly needed aid to the Palestinian people.
The Hamas-led government considered that the temporary mechanism was
excluding the role of Palestinian financial ministry in controlling money
deliveries, Haneya said.
"The Quartet still put conditions on aid to the (Palestinian) government to
force it to make concessions by recognizing legitimacy of the Israeli occupation
which harms the Palestinians' rights," Haneya told reporters in Gaza.
The Quartet of international mediators including the United Sates, Russia,
the European Union and the United Nations agreed in New York on Tuesday to send
direct aid to the Palestinian people through an international mechanism for a
three-month trial period.
The Quartet called on Hamas to abide by international community's demands to
renounce violence, recognize Israel's right to exist and respect previous
agreements between the Palestinians and Israel.
The United States and the European Union, major donors to the Palestinians,
has cut off aid since the Hamas-led government took office on March 29 and
defied the Quartet demands.
