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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