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Arabs renew pledge to aid Palestinians

The Arab League on Sunday reaffirmed a pledge to pay $100 million a month to the Palestinian Authority, a day after Washington unveiled its Middle East peace plan. An Arab finance ministers meeting in Cairo renewed a promise first made in April to boost "the Palestinian Authority's budget with a $100 million monthly transfer ... as it faces financial burdens", a statement said. They also insisted, in an implicit rebuke to the White House's economic plan, on the "complete Arab support to the Palestinian state's economic, political and financial independence". On Saturday, US government said its Middle East peace plan, to be presented next week in Bahrain, aims to raise more than $50 billion for the Palestinians and create one million jobs for them within a decade. The so-called "Peace to Prosperity" plan is led by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.