International Community Emphasizing Humanitarian Issues over Political Issues
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
DOHA, 5 February -- The unrelenting Israeli imperatives to accommodate its territorial design gave rise to a noticeable shift in the way the international community framed Israeli-Palestinian relations, Sara Roy of the Harvard Center for Middle East Studies said this afternoon at the first plenary session of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People in Doha, Qatar.
The international community now emphasized humanitarian issues over political issues, she said. It was not surprising that Israel transferred revenues with conditions that the money be only used for humanitarian purposes.
This afternoon’s session, part of a two-day meeting sponsored by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, heard presentations by experts on the socio-economic emergency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Head of the United Nations Development Programme’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, Khaled Abdel Shafi, said the Israelis had made life miserable for the Palestinian people while preventing the Palestinian Authority from achieving or receiving credit for any positive results. By their actions they created the perfect environment for Hamas to win the elections.
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Ahmad Tibi said the international community could not apply double standards to the Israelis and Palestinians. What was applicable to one should be applicable to the other.
MORE http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1035.doc.htm
Please also see:
SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS IN DOHA
Secretary-General Appeals to Donors to Increase Emergency,
Other Forms of Assistance
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1034.doc.htm
SOLUTION TO PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS,
LASTING SECURITY FOR ISRAEL WILL COME ONLY THROUGH POLITICAL SETTLEMENT,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DOHA MEETING
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/sgsm10868.doc.htm
Meshaal: Mecca talks must not fail
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F8E00B0E-8546-4105-A579-BBE497778368.htm
UPDATES
DOHA SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CONCLUDES
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1037.doc.htm
MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS REVIEW INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
TO NEEDS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
Humanitarian Aid Must Be Linked
To Long-Term Development Goals, Palestinian Statehood
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1036.doc.htm
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
DOHA, 5 February -- The unrelenting Israeli imperatives to accommodate its territorial design gave rise to a noticeable shift in the way the international community framed Israeli-Palestinian relations, Sara Roy of the Harvard Center for Middle East Studies said this afternoon at the first plenary session of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People in Doha, Qatar.
The international community now emphasized humanitarian issues over political issues, she said. It was not surprising that Israel transferred revenues with conditions that the money be only used for humanitarian purposes.
This afternoon’s session, part of a two-day meeting sponsored by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, heard presentations by experts on the socio-economic emergency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Head of the United Nations Development Programme’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, Khaled Abdel Shafi, said the Israelis had made life miserable for the Palestinian people while preventing the Palestinian Authority from achieving or receiving credit for any positive results. By their actions they created the perfect environment for Hamas to win the elections.
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Ahmad Tibi said the international community could not apply double standards to the Israelis and Palestinians. What was applicable to one should be applicable to the other.
MORE http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1035.doc.htm
Please also see:
SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS IN DOHA
Secretary-General Appeals to Donors to Increase Emergency,
Other Forms of Assistance
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1034.doc.htm
SOLUTION TO PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS,
LASTING SECURITY FOR ISRAEL WILL COME ONLY THROUGH POLITICAL SETTLEMENT,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DOHA MEETING
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/sgsm10868.doc.htm
Meshaal: Mecca talks must not fail
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F8E00B0E-8546-4105-A579-BBE497778368.htm
UPDATES
DOHA SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CONCLUDES
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1037.doc.htm
MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS REVIEW INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
TO NEEDS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
Humanitarian Aid Must Be Linked
To Long-Term Development Goals, Palestinian Statehood
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/gapal1036.doc.htm