India continues to extend moral, political and material support to the Palestinian people. At the donors conference held in Washington DC (1993) and Paris (1996) India pledged US$1 million each. Under the pledges tea was supplied ... in1995 and two projects are being implemented in Gaza. Proposals for supplying textbooks to various Universities in Gaza and West Bank are being processed. Training courses are also offered to the Palestinians.

India has pledged further amount of US$1 million at the third donors conference held in Washington DC on 30 November,1998. The utilisation of this amount will be decided in consultation with the Palestinian authorities. (Source: LSSQ No. 44 dated 2.12.1998 by S.P. Yadav and R. Patidar)