July 2022

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  • The last two months have witnessed significant donor re-engagement in assistance to Palestine, with the release of frozen EU funds, the signing of serveral agreements with European countries, and the US President announcing new assistance to support Palestinians
  • On 14 June, after a two-year delay, the European Commission approved a new bilateral allocatioN to Palestine of €224.8m
  • June witnessed the signing of several developmental agreements wtih Germany and Italy, and the opening of a Belgian commercial representative office in Ramallah
  • On 28 June, Apple the US-based tech company, announced plans for expanding its research and development centre in Rawabi
  • The Al-Quds index reached 666.7 points on the last day of trading in June 2022, an increase of 3.4% from the previous month