The European Union will provide about $1 million for a U.N. project to help the Palestinian Authority deal with poverty and food insecurity. Announcing the project last week, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said that according to a 2003 assessment, food insecurity was a “reality” for 40 percent of Palestinians and a “near constant” for another 30 percent.
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