Saudi aids to the Palestinians

The Saudi minister of finance and the economy Ibrahim al-Assaf discussed on Monday in al-Riyadh with the palestinian official in charge of planning and international cooperation Nabil Shaath and members of the accompanying delegation the drastic conditions imposed on the Palestinian people.

Talks during the meeting also dealt with the aids given by Saudi Arabia and means of reaching it to the besieged Palestinians as well as the activities of al-Aqsa mosque fund and the Jerusalem Intifada run by the Islamic Bank for development which takes Jeddah as a headquarters.

On Sunday, the Saudi minister of the Interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz said that the Saudi committee in support of al-Quds Intifada had spent during the few past weeks USD 40 million for the families of the Palestinian martyrs, the wounded and the disabled who were hit at the Intifada.