EU moves to bolster new Palestinian cabinet
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The European Union moved Monday to bolster the Palestinian emergency government, offering political and financial support and urging Israel to follow suit.
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President George W. Bush on Monday will offer new support for the Fatah-led government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, marking a higher profile effort to resolve the Middle East conflict.
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Israel could be a future member of the European Union, a top EU official suggested Tuesday.
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The European Union said Friday that the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a national unity government was a welcome bid to end the deadlock created by January's election victory by the Hamas movement.
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The Bush administration is preparing  with European allies to help the Palestinian Authority organize  January elections and improve its security forces to crack down  on terrorism, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Sunday.
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ISTANBUL -- The European Union's decision to start membership talks with Turkey gives the Muslim country a new position in Europe and the Islamic world, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday.
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As the Palestinians' main donor and Israel's top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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The European Union will maintain its wait-and-see policy toward a Palestinian unity government until Hamas and Fatah agree on a division of Cabinet posts and finalize a policy toward Israel, a top official said Monday.
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The European Union wants to resume  direct aid to the Palestinians to bolster President Mahmoud  Abbas&#39;s emergency cabinet but is still looking at when it can  release funds, EU officials said on Tuesday.
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The State Department encouraged new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to strengthen security forces on the West Bank and Gaza as it pledged to help bridge gaps with Israel.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Middle East peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Thursday.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei Sunday urged the European Union (EU) to take a firm position toward the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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The Bush administration is reaching out to European allies for a possible new push for peace in the Middle East if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is replaced by more
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The European Union signs an agreement to train officials from the Palestinian Authority, prior to resuming aid.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - The European Union on Monday raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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Despite a boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian government, the European Union has found ways to increase its total aid to the Palestinian people, most recently helping support thousands of needy families, an EU official said.
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Palestinian officials approved a new Cabinet on Wednesday that is expected to put strong allies of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in charge of key portfolios.