Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday pledged additional humanitarian assistance for the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave during a tit-for-tat conflict earlier in the year.Meeting separately with Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Malki and President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the West Bank, Motegi also called on the Palestinians to maintain a cease-fire with Israel and resume peace talks.In 2006, Japan proposed a "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" as an initiative toward the peaceful coexistence of Israel and a future Palestinian state th…READ FULL ARTICLE
