by Robert Spencer
This is monstrous, but it is no real surprise. The EU has been aiding and abetting the genocidal “Palestinian” jihad for decades.
“EU may fund Palestinian supporters of terrorist groups, official assures aid recipients,” by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA, May 8, 2020:
(JTA) — Amid growing scrutiny in Europe of aid to the Palestinian Authority, an EU official said Brussels will not withhold funds from supporters of terrorist groups.
The official, Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, who heads the EU mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, said this in a March 30 letter to Palestinian aid recipients that the NGO Monitor group on Wednesday posted on Twitter.
The EU restrictive lists include groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, which may not receive funding, he wrote.
However, “it is understood that a natural person affiliated to, sympathizing with, or supporting any of the groups mentioned in the EU restrictive lists is not excluded from benefiting from EU-funded activities” if the recipient is not on the list, he wrote.
Israeli diplomats protested the letter, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson telling The Times of Israel that it’s a “violation of all our agreements with the European Union.”…
Robert Spencer
Source: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/05/european-union-official-says-eu-may-fund-palestinian-supporters-of-jihad-terror-groups
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