Conflict in the Middle East: The EU has been providing humanitarian aid and funds to build infrastructure in the Palestinian territories - je 30.12.2008 16

The latest violence in the Middle East has sent shock waves around the world. The UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon has called for an immediate ceasefire both by the Israelis and Palestinians. His call has been echoed my many world leaders. As passions run high in the Arab world, foreign ministers from the European Union are holding an emergency meeting in Paris to discuss the situation. The EU has been providing humanitarian aid and funds to build civilian infrastructure in the Palestinian territories. It has also been helping train security forces so that they can keep the peace there.