Rapports

Gaza (dpa) - A 6-year-old girl was shot dead on Friday afternoon by Israeli troops in the western part of Kahn Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics and witnesses said. They said that Ranya Seyyam was shot dead…

IP/04/1462 Brussels, 10 December 2004 - The European Union Election Observation Mission for the Presidential elections in West Bank and Gaza has begun work. In total, the EU is deploying more than 260 observers. This includes the EU Election Observation…

EAST JERUSALEM, 10 December 2004 -The 2004 International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) marks the second anniversary of Alli Sotak (Speak Up), a two hour weekly programme, which is created by and for Palestinian young people. The inspiration for starting…

The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) chaired by Norway met in Oslo on December 8, amid signs of growing optimism at the prospect of renewing the Middle East peace process. "I am very encouraged by the new willingness of the…

UN electoral personnel are to open two offices in the occupied Palestinian territories to help organize next month's presidential elections for a successor to Yasser Arafat, who died in November, it was announced today. The world body has been asked…

STOCKHOLM, Dec 8, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Palestinians, urgently in need of cash to fund presidential elections next January, have secured more than 500 million US dollars in aid pledges and an international commitment to revive the stalled…

Washington (dpa) - U.S. President George W. Bush has approved 20 million dollars in direct aid to the Palestinians to help ease the financial crisis within the Palestinian Authority, the White House said Wednesday. The assistance comes ahead of elections in…

Israeli Troops Continue Attacks in the OPT - 8 Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops. - One of the victims was extra-judicially killed by Israeli troops. - Israeli troops conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the…

A meeting of donors and the United Nations today in Norway bringing Israelis and Palestinians together found cause for optimism while urging them to take further steps to improve the situation in the troubled Middle East. The UN Special Coordinator…

White House says it wants to help Palestinians hold elections By Stephen Kaufman, Washington File White House Correspondent Washington - The Bush administration is providing $20 million in direct budgetary support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to help the Palestinian leadership address…