Brussels has decided to suspend humanitarian aid to Palestine, despite ensuring it has mechanisms in place to verify that funds do not end up in the hands of organizations such as Hamas.
The European Commission ha suspended this Monday “immediately” all payments for humanitarian aid to Palestineas a result of the escalation of ‘brutal terror against Israel’, as announced by the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, in a message published on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
Brussels will also all development policy to Palestine, which Varhelyi has encoded 691 million eurosas well as the new budget proposals for this year 2023.
Varhelyi called for “addressing the foundations of peace, tolerance and coexistence” in the Middle East, adding that “incitement to hatred, violence and the glorification of terror have poisoned the minds of many people.”
Brussels has decided to suspend humanitarian aid to Palestine, despite ensuring it has mechanisms in place to verify that funds do not end up in the hands of organizations such as Hamas.
The Commission’s announcement took place in the eve of the extraordinary meeting of the EU High Representative for Foreign AffairsJosep Borrell, has called tomorrow in the afternoon with community ministers.
A meeting that will take place in a mixed format, with some ministers participating via video conference and others in person, taking advantage of Borrell’s trip to Oman to discuss the EU’s relations with the Gulf Arab Cooperation Council.
Source: EITB
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