Yemen kicks off donation campaign [Archives:2002/17/Front Page]

SANA’A – President Ali Abdullah Saleh kicked off the one-week Janin donation campaign to support the Palestinian people by donating YR 10 million in favor of the Palestinians. He called the Yemeni people inside and outside Yemen to support Palestinians with money and blood.
He pointed out that reports reveal good results, particularly on part of women who donated some of their precious jewelry. Official media called on people to donate through mosques and bank accounts.
He said such campaign should start in all Arab Muslim countries. Saleh welcomed Kofi Annan’s call to send international forces to Palestinian territories to maintain peace, pointing out that this should have been done earlier to prevent the Israeli massacres.
He reiterated his support for an Islamic Summit to be held quickly so there is a unified Islamic stance towards the Israeli atrocities.
He made it clear that he refuses the idea of an international peace conference without the presence of Yaser Arafat.

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