Britain resumed direct financial support to the Palestinian Authority to help pay debts and free up funds for salaries in the territories, officials said Tuesday, urging other donors to follow suit. The move came after US President George W Bush called for a conference to revive Middle East peace talks and announced a direct US contribution of 80 million dollars to help president Mahmud Abbas reform his security services.Britain’s 6 million dollar aid package is aimed at helping the Palestinian Authority pay debts to suppliers in order to free up funds to pay public sector salaries, British officials said. The money will be funnelled through the Abbas-headed ministry of finance and monitored by an international accounting firm. “The recent conflict in Gaza has compounded the hardships faced by the millions of ordinary Palestinians in trying to live normal lives,” International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said. The Islamist Hamas movement seized power last month in the Gaza Strip from its secular Fatah rivals in the Palestinian Authority, rupturing the unity government they had formed months earlier.