EU close to agreement on Palestinian aid
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The European Union and its Middle East Quartet partners are close to accord on a &amp;quot;mechanism&amp;quot; to channel aid to the cash-strapped Palestinians, EU external affairs commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.
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The European Union is close to announcing a deal in its on-going battle with Coca-Cola in an anti-trust case. Sources close to talks between the two sides have been quoted in todayâs press saying that the
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Egypt, Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and the European Union have reached an initial understanding on a comprehensive settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict, Egypt&#39;s official MENA news agency reported Tuesday.
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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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The United States, Israel and European states are prepared to ease a ban on aid to the Palestinian government that President Mahmoud Abbas is forming in the West Bank after sacking Hamas, officials said on Friday.
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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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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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EU ministers agree a draft deal on tearing down barriers to cross-border provision of services.
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European Union leaders agreed Friday to channel aid to cash-starved Palestinians for health care, utilities and social services while still maintaining a funding freeze on the Hamas-led government.
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President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian faction leaders agreed Sunday to 10 days of intensive talks aimed at resolving critical differences and avoiding a national referendum on recognizing Israel&#039;s right to exist.
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The European Union has  begun paying social allowance to hundreds of thousands of needy  Palestinians under a temporary mechanism agreed by the Quartet  of Middle East peace brokers.
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European leaders told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that a unity government must clearly recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept interim peace deals for sanctions to end, Abbas aides said on Sunday.
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European leaders told Palestinian  President Mahmoud Abbas that a unity government must clearly  recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept interim peace  deals for sanctions to end, Abbas aides said on Sunday.
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The European Union prepared Monday to inject funds into the fragile Palestinian emergency government and send aid to people in the strife-torn Gaza Strip, urging Israel to follow suit.
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Led by Europe, international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion over three years to help Palestinians as new peace talks begin with Israel, yet old Mideast fights over disputed land and freedom of movement shadowed the largest show of support for the Palestinians in more than a decade.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity  government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the  Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.
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Palestinians could receive as much as  $8 billion in aid over the next four years from the United  States, Europe and Arab nations if progress is made in the  Palestinians' push for peace with Israel, the New York Times  reported on Friday.