Reports

The Government of Japan has decided to extend food aid of a total of 650 million yen for Palestinian refugees and other Palestinian population through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees in the Near…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delay and denial of access and…

OLAF /05/03 Brussels, the 17 March 2005 - The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has closed its investigation into the European Commission's Direct Assistance to the Palestinian Authority's budget. On the basis of the information currently available to OLAF, the investigation has…

SG/T/2439 The UN Secretary-General travelled from Spain to Israel for an official visit, with a day and a half layover in Geneva, Switzerland. Following his arrival in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon, 13 March, he met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Before…

The Israeli government has revealed its plans for the route of the separation barrier it is building around Jerusalem. It will cut East Jerusalem and the largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank off from the rest of the…

IP/05/327 Brussels, 17 March 2005 - The European Union's independent anti-fraud office OLAF has finalised its investigation into EU direct budgetary support to the Palestinian Authority. It has concluded that "there is no conclusive evidence of support of armed attacks or…

by Ming Jinwei CAIRO, Mar 16, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday urged the Palestinian factions, meeting outside Cairo, to agree to a broad ceasefire with Israel, while the militants rejected any open-ended truce. Abbas defended…

(Communicated by the IDF Spokesman) In meetings held last night, March 15, 2005, between IDF officers and representatives of the Palestinian Authority, in accordance with a directive by the political echelon, the agreement upon the transfer of the security responsibility…

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launch more attacks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) 2 Palestinians were killed by IOF. IOF shot one of the victims and bulldozed a house while he was inside. Construction of the "annexation wall" in…

CAIRO, Mar 15, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A new round of inter-Palestinian dialogue kicked off here Tuesday, as the Palestinians are seeking to sort out differences over a formal ceasefire with Israel and to achieve a unified Palestinian…