EU ministers wait on ties to Palestinians
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The European Union will wait until a Palestinian unity government finalizes its policy toward Israel before deciding whether to restore financing to the Palestinian Authority.
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European Union leaders on Friday expressed solidarity with the Palestinians and pledged to re-launch Mideast peace efforts, as Yasser Arafat clings to life in a Paris hospital.
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Illegal immigration continues to be a sore spot in relations between EU member states as ministers from southern Europe prepare to meet for a brainstorming session on the topic Friday in Madrid.Comment
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European Union ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss a five-year plan for co-ordinating policies on asylum, immigration and cross-border security.
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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The US and Israel pledge to  support the new Palestinian government, as the EU says it wants to resume direct aid.
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Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad meets Israel's foreign minister, ahead of an historic Arab League visit to Israel.
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy,  Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an  international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict  and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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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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The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan postponed until July 25 their first visit to Israel on behalf of the Arab League to revive a long-stalled Arab peace initiative, officials said on Tuesday.
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Top Palestinians are to meet the French president and government ministers in a bid to see their ailing leader, Yasser Arafat, who is in hospital in Paris.
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Top Palestinian officials are to meet the French president in the hope of visiting the ailing Yasser Arafat.
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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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The European Union will resume direct aid to the Palestinians as part of efforts to support President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Monday.
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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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The European Union wants to resume direct aid to the Palestinians to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet but is still looking at when it can release funds, EU officials said on Monday.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday some European countries had decided to resume aid to the Palestinian government, which has been crippled by a Western funding freeze since Hamas rose to power.