EU resumes aid to Palestinian finance ministry
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The European Union on Monday resumed aid to the Palestinian finance ministry for the first time since the West launched an economic boycott of the government more than a year ago.
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As the Palestinians&#39; main donor and Israel&#39;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 EU says it will restart direct economic aid to the Palestinian Authority, to back an emergency cabinet.
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Germany's Angela Merkel repeats the EU's demand that a new Palestinian government must recognise Israel.
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The European Union on Monday opens two days of talks with Israel and its Arab neighbors to take stock of fresh chances for Mideast peace less than three weeks after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser ...
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EU foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the new deal on a Palestinian national unity government.
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Israel will resume as early as Sunday the transfer of millions of dollars in tax funds to the Palestinians for the first time in 17 months to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas in a drive to further isolate Hamas.
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The diplomatic quartet on Middle East peace endorsed a European Union proposal for a temporary mechanism to funnel aid to the Palestinians, bypassing the Hamas-led government.
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Norway resumed direct aid to the Palestinian administration with a $10 million transfer, after it became the first Western country to recognize the new Hamas-led coalition, the foreign minister said Thursday.
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The United States and Europe Monday restored direct aid to the Palestinians in a show of support after president Mahmud Abbas fired a Hamas-led government following internecine clashes.
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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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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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For the first time in four years, the donor nations that sustain the Palestinian economy have reason for optimism. For now, however, that optimism won't mean more money for the Palestinians.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged more aid for the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday and called for an autumn meeting of Israel, Palestinians, and their neighbors to help restart peace talks.
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The European Union suspended its humanitarian aid projects in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as the stridently anti-Israel Islamic Hamas movement moved closer to taking control of the area, raising the prospect of a collapse of the Palestinian coalition government.
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Paris, Aug 25 (DPA) Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom today said that his government believes that Europe can help in the reconstruction of Gaza but does not see it playing a role in enforcing security in the area after Israel leaves it.
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European Union foreign ministers were set to push on Friday for a revival of the Middle East peace process and discuss how the bloc could play a greater role in peace-brokering moves.