Brussels, 30/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Saturday 28 August, the EU and the Palestinian Authority formally authorised the payment of social benefits, averaging €200 per family, to 49,700 vulnerable Palestinian households in the West Bank and Gaza. This is the third tranche of aid to the most deprived, pledged by the European Commission and for which, its staff report, it has set aside €9.7 million. At the request of the Palestinian Authority, payment has been brought forward by four...