May 10, 2010 - Less than a month after a World Bank report called for improved sustainability and predictability of financial support by the donor community to the Palestinian Authority, the European Union is making its fifth contribution this year for the regular payment of Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This contribution of NIS 103,812,384 (€21 million), channelled through PEGASE, the European mechanism for support to the Palestinians, will benefit 80,576 civil servants and pensioners.