Hamas has condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to suspend funds for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Safa news agency reported yesterday. In a statement, Hamas said this was “political blackmailing” for the left-wing Palestinian political parties.
On Sunday, member of PFLP Central Committee in Gaza, Zulfaqar Sweirjo, confirmed reports by PA officials and Palestinian media that Abass had frozen the party’s funds. He called it “an attempt to use the money to impose a certain agenda which is nationally rejected.”
Sweirjo told Safa that the funds were frozen at the beginning of this year, but “we did not want to escalate the issue and put this into the media,” noting that Abbas “monopolises” Palestinian decisions.
Hamas’ said the “blackmailing policy” will not succeed to push the PFLP to concede its “principles”.
The statement called on Abbas to cancel the freeze “which reinforces internal Palestinian divisions.”
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