Turkey calls for urgent financial and institutional support for Palestinian Authority

Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Musa Kulaklıkaya called for urgent financial and institutional support for the Palestinian Authority at the Palestinian Donor Group meeting in Brussels. Kulaklıkaya stressed that the Palestinian economy is on the verge of collapse due to Israeli practices.

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Turkey calls for urgent financial and institutional support for Palestinian Authority

Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Musa Kulaklıkaya said at the second meeting of the Palestinian Donor Group in Brussels that urgent financial and institutional support must be provided to the Palestinian Authority.

Kulaklıkaya thanked the European Commission and the Palestinian Authority for keeping the Palestinian issue high on the international agenda, and stated that ending the Israeli occupation and implementing the two-state solution has become an imperative that can no longer be postponed.

Noting that the Palestinian economy is on the verge of collapse due to Israeli sanctions and practices that amount to economic strangulation, Kulaklıkaya said the short-term financial stability of the Palestinian Authority depends on the immediate release of tax revenues withheld by Israel.

Kulaklıkaya stressed that the common goal of successive Israeli governments has been 'to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and to subjugate the Palestinian people.' He said efforts should focus on providing support to the Palestinian Authority through financial, technical and humanitarian assistance.

Kulaklıkaya said Turkey will continue to support Palestine through capacity-building projects and development assistance programs, and that all joint efforts should ultimately aim for the establishment of an independent, sovereign and territorially contiguous Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Addressing the international community, Kulaklıkaya said, 'The international community must move beyond the stage of statements. We must support the Palestinian Authority financially and institutionally.'

According to Palestinian government data, the revenues collected by Israel on behalf of Palestine, known as clearance revenues, account for about 68 percent of total budget revenues. The value of these funds withheld by Israel has exceeded $6 billion. Under the Paris Economic Protocol signed in 1994, Israel is obligated to collect taxes and customs duties on goods entering the occupied territories on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and transfer them monthly. However, Israel, which has been making deductions since 2019, has completely halted transfers for over a year. This has deepened the Palestinian Authority's financial crisis and left it unable to pay its employees' salaries in full.

Meanwhile, Israeli violations and attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank continue. According to official Palestinian data, from October 8, 2023 to June 29, 2024, 1,179 Palestinians were killed, about 13,000 were injured and nearly 24,000 were detained in attacks by the Israeli army and settlers.

Turkey calls for urgent financial and institutional support for Palestinian Authority