VOL. XXX

NO. 3

27-October-1986

Financial and Banking News

AID FLOWS

Kuwait Grants $18mn to Universities in Occupied Territories

Following a meeting held earlier this month between the Amir of Kuwait,Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, and PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat, Kuwait has agreedto grant $18mn to the PLO Higher Educational Council to support three Arabuniversities (Bir Zeit, An-Najah and Gaza) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank andGaza strip. A fourth university, Bethlehem, is supported by Catholic...