Return Aid to Palestine

Soon after the all-Hamas government was sworn in, Israel, the US, and other donor countries executed their earlier threats of economic sanctions against the new Palestinian government. Israel has suspended the transfer of millions of dollars in customs and tax revenues which it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. The monthly transfer is one aspect of Palestinian-Israeli economic interaction. Israel has severely, and in some areas completely, restricted Palestinian workers access to Israel and its settlements and the flow of imports and exports between the Palestinian areas and Israel. Donor countries have suspended, reduced, or are reviewing various categories of assistance. With the PA almost completely depended on foreign aid and customs transfers to provide public services to and employment for Palestinians, the economic outlook is dim.

We the undersigned wish for all aid packages promised to the previous Palestinian government to be immediately restored and the Hamas government which was democraticly elected be recognized.