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ready to accept Israeli quake-aid
Islamabad: Though
there has not been any quake-aid offer from Israel so far, the
Pakistan government has said that it won't mind accepting assistance
from it (Israel) since it was also a UN member, and the world
body had sent out a flash appeal to the entire international
community to extend all possible help to Islamabad during this
hour of crisis. A Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said
that since there was no diplomatic interaction with Tel Aviv,
the latter had not made any direct or specific quake aid offer.
"There has been no calls from Tel Aviv, but the prime minister
has said that there are no restrictions on anyone contributing
for relief efforts.
The
UN has sent out a flash appeal and since Israel is a member
of the UN it may respond to this. The American Jewish Congress
are US citizens and if any others want to donate to the President's
Relief Fund, then they will be welcome," The News quoted her
as saying. The paper further said that the decision to accept
financial support and equipment from Israel came during a telephone
conversation between President Pervez Musharraf and Jack Rosen,
the chairman of the American Jewish Congress-Council for World
Jewry, where Musharraf reportedly said: "I am pleased that Pakistan
will receive help from the Jewish community and from Israel.
I call on the Jewish community to show its solidarity with Pakistani
victims of the earthquake by joining the relief effort. The
human face of natural disaster is the same wherever such disasters
occur and regardless of the nationality, ethnicity, or religious
faith of those who are victimised. Only last month, Pakistan
had made its first bid to promote friendly relations with Israel
after decades of hostility.
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