Algeria pledges $100 mn to Palestinians

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Algeria pledges $100 mn to Palestinians​

Algeria President Tebboune said Monday that the Algiers plans “to put the Palestinian cause at the centre of this important event”

byAgence France-Presse
06-12-2021
in Africa News

A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority’s press office (PPO) shows Algerian Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane (L) meeting with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in the capital Algiers, on 6 December 2021. Photo: Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune pledged $100 million in aid to the Palestinians, as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visited Algiers on Monday.


Tebboune said at a joint press conference that the funding was “in keeping with Algeria’s revolutionary history and the entire Algerian people’s commitment to support the just Palestinian cause under all circumstances”.

ALGERIA SETS PALESTINIAN CAUSE AT THE CENTRE ​

Algeria is to host an Arab League summit in March 2022, the first since Morocco renewed ties with Israel amid a string of US-brokered normalisation deals with the Jewish state.

Tebboune said Monday that Algeria plans “to put the Palestinian cause at the centre of this important event”.

PALESTINIAN FACTIONS HOSTED FOR TALKS ​

Algerian television also reported that Tebboune plans to host Palestinian factions for talks.

The Palestinian leader’s tour of North Africa, where he also plans to visit Tunisia, comes two weeks after Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz signed an unprecedented defence deal with Morocco.

HOSTILE TIES ​

That deal stoked already high tensions with Algeria, which sees Israeli defence cooperation with the kingdom as a danger to its national security.

A top Algerian official said Gantz’s visit “targeted” his country.

Algiers broke off diplomatic ties with Rabat in August, citing “hostile” actions by Morocco, which the kingdom denies.

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