HE Lolwah Rashid AlKhater, Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, debunked propaganda about Qatari aid for Palestine being used for “non-humanitarian purposes”.

Qatar aid goes to all Palestinians and we exercise very very strict measures on our aid in general, H E Lolwah Al Khater Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an interview with Sky News.

Assistant Foreign Minister said that it is time Western nations stopped unconditional support – moral financial and political - to Israel. 

“The suffering of the Palestinian people under occupation started at least since 1948. Hamas was founded in late 1980s.There were decades of suffering before Hamas ever existed. The international community should morally revisit its unconditional support to the Israeli occupation,” HE Al Kater said.

HE Al Khater debunked the propaganda about Qatari aid going to non-humanitarian purposes and said it is “absolutely inaccurate” and explained that aid to Palestine goes to rebuild the cities hit by Israel aggression.

Qatar has pledged $500 million aid for Palestine and this will help rebuilt homes in the coming 5-6 months, Hamad rehabilitation hospital, Qatar red Crescent building and also to electricity sector.

“We exercise very very strict measures on our aid in general and this (aid to Palestinians) has been done through the UN. Our aid is going to the electricity sector or to humanitarian purposes,” HE Al Khater said. 

She said that commentators from Israel who are claiming otherwise are saying it for domestic reasons and political reasons for election purposes.

“What happened in Gaza is catastrophic. The root causes of the most recent escalation in Gaza started specifically with the ethnic cleansing process happening in Sheikh Jarrah by the Israeli illegal settlers under the security forces protection,” H E Lolwah Al Khater told Sky news.