European Commission's review of aid and extra scrutiny of payments in Palestine receives criticism from officials within the commission and member states
Europe an Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Europe an Commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement Oliver Várhelyi: Mr Várhelyi is widely regarded as being pro-Israel and predisposed to deny Palestinian aid. As Gaza suffers a death toll that reached 0.
5 per cent of its population before health authorities lost the ability to keep count, and damage or destruction of 45 per cent of housing according to the United Nations, the European Commission has sent a letter to all Palestinian civil society organisations that receive EU development aid asking them to provide new documentation to unlock their funding. The commission announced it would review €331 million in Palestinian development aid immediately after the Hamas October 7th attack to ensure no money accidentally funded terrorist activities – a longtime accusation of Israe
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