Important News
- Cabinet condemns Israel’s resumption of land settlement process in Area “C”; reaffirms support for displaced families in Tulkarm
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- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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EU Offers Technical Assistance to PNA
NEW YORK, April 14, 2007 (WAFA) - The European Union (EU) is willing to aid the Palestinian people financially and through technical support to revamp their banking system, EU External Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said after meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Ferrero-Waldner met with Finance Minister Salam Fayyad in Brussels on Wednesday, and she was at U.N. headquarters to brief Ban on the meeting.
"I have agreed with him (Fayyad) that we will open up towards technical assistance in order to get the Palestinian Ministry of Finance in the right condition to receive donor funds in the future, although we know this cannot happen overnight," Ferrero-Waldner said.
Ferrero-Waldner said that she did not have a specific time frame on when this could be implemented, but said that it depended on the will of the Palestinian people.
"I assured Fayyad that we will not let the Palestinians down, and that we will go on with our Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) that has been prolonged for another three months," Ferrero-Waldner said.
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