OMG ... he has doubled it in the course of one day. He really is getting too big for his boots. Where is all this money coming from ? Is he hell bent on his holiday with his 2 sons? Has he developed some sort of bi polar illness? Old Gordie seems to think he is something...... Does Iran care?

Javaneh , Hatfield , Herts

Which planet is Brown living on ! With the problems we are experiencing here where exactly does this $60 Million come from ? I can guess !!!
What could we use the $60 million here for ?

Martin Briggs, Heversham, England

Perhaps that money would have been better spent helping Brits out..

Malcolm, Cambridge,

Is President Abbas a democratically elected person. I thought Hamas won the last elections fair and square!

Glynn, Kingston,

175 million in total this year - how much of this will go into secret bank accounts and luxurious homes abroad for their leaders? Where did the money we gave Arafat go? Certainly not into housing etc. for the people. Lots of spare land in Gaza - just left as wasteland. Sewers raided for rockets.

Kiwi, NZ,

Why are we giving money to a part of the world whose problems spring from religious hatred? Stop.

Tom Kay, London,

Eight years on I am still waiting for an explanation from the UK for the mysterious disappearance of £1.9 million that British
Council was allocated by UK DfID for a public administration project in that documents obtained later from DfID files under
the FOI confirmed was in fact 'non-existent.

neil robertson, Dundee (Twinned with Nablus), Scotland

We, in the UK too, need help with cheap mortgages so why can't GB help his own first? It's not like the UK is rolling in it tobe acting like the US to Israel!

Glynn, Kingston,

Brown spends our money in partisan support for the Palestinian Authority - but not for Hamas in Gaza - sucks up to America and Israel and looks forward to Israeli donations to the Labour Party.

richard mullens, London, Europe

"Half of the additional funding – will be spent keeping the administration afloat"

Somethings don't change !

Richard Garland, Greater Manchester,

Absolutely daft given the situation in Britain. Who the dickens cares about the Middle East? If there was oil in Palestine BP would have found it years ago. It´s time to stop meddling and start pedaling.

RD, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

What??? Neither of my adult children can afford a mortgage. What is this man on? The general election can't come quickly enough. What makes Brown think that Palestinians need homes more than young people in Britain? He is an absolute nightmare and he has to go.

judy, Liverpool, England

£60mil for the palestinians and our troops are underpaid and under equiped. Shame of you Brown, you are an absolute disgrace.

Viv, London, England

Can someone remind Gordon Brown that charity begins at home. The UK government is seriously in debt and he is writing big cheques to support the rest of the world! This latest action speaks volumes about his competence and his respect for the people of Great Britain.

John, London, UK

It's good to see our PM is so altruistic, pity he can't see the problems his electorate are suffering.
What should be his priorities?
I think UK first, perhaps I'm wrong, but I'd take some persuading of that.

V. Glover, Penzance, UK

Brown is just contemptable ! His own country is a fast becoming mess so, he deems it acceptable to go to other countrys and gives them our hard earned money and tells them it will help, he needs to sort the mess out on his own front door. I will have a job in 2 years , He will not !!!

dave, romford, essex

Again another demonstartion of idiotic timing. Hey Gordon - you're not helping your Glasgow East candidate by spending Uk taxpayers hard earnt cash on causes (although commendable) that will have no impact on their current situation. The man is too foolish to run a bath let alone a country.

Raff, Ardeche, France

I'm beginning to feel Gordon Brown actually hates the UK. Why else would he be so eager to give all our heavily taxed cash away!

Arthur, Newcastle,

just wait till mugabe goes; then you'll see money haemorrhage away

Phil Barnes, preston, england

Unbelievable. No disgraceful.

ronnie, bucks, UK

Thank God someone is trying to stop this genocide mentality practiced by both sides. Now we have to get the new US president to sign off on a real peace process.

Archie Haase, Lubec, USA

Great. One headline says “UK economy heads for ‘horror movie’ and Gordon Brown wants to pump more money into a corrupt Palestinian state.

jon, london, uk

Given that the general popn of the UK is now tightening its belt, should we not decrease overseas spending, at least until the economy improves? We're told that charities within the UK are suffering from a downturn in donations, I think this should also apply to how tax money is used abroad.

Alistair, London,

60 million for the Palestine authority, but we are told there is no money in the kitty to improve the lot of our own soldiers, let alone to encourage mortgages in the UK and revive our own 'moribund' housing market.

maybe our PM is confused about whom he is responsible too

James, Bristol,