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EU commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner is promoting the aid package to Israel and Palestinians (Photo: European Commission)

EU gets green light for Palestinian aid scheme

The international community has endorsed an EU plan to distribute emergency cash to the Palestinian people to pay for their healthcare, fuel and aid to the poor, while by-passing the Hamas-led government.

The temporary mechanism was hammered out by EU leaders at a summit on Friday (16 June) and approved by the other members of the so called Quartet - the US, UN and Russia - on Saturday.

"The Quartet expressed hope that other donors and international organizations, and the State o...

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EU commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner is promoting the aid package to Israel and Palestinians (Photo: European Commission)

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