The European campaign to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip has expressed surprise at the world community's powerlessness towards the oppressive Israeli siege on Gaza.

The Human Relief Committee of the Arab Physicians’ Syndicate launched a public campaign under the slogan "Palestine will never starve” to collect donations for the Palestinian Authority to ease embargo

At a news conference with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Australian-born Mr. Wolfensohn announced his resignation after a year as envoy of the Middle East "quartet": the US, UN,