Effort to Raise $3 Billion for Palestinians in Post-Israel Gaza

(New York Times) Steven R. Weisman - The Bush administration is working to assemble a large new international aid package for Palestinian areas after Israel's disengagement from Gaza, American officials said Thursday. The package, which some officials said could approach $3 billion over three years, would supplement roughly $1 billion a year already given by the U.S. and others for the PA.