From Le Figaro with AFP
Published 1 hour ago, updated 42 minutes ago
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The current development aid program amounted to 691 million euros.
The European Union has suspended all payments of its development aid to the Palestinians and decided to reassess all its ongoing programs, EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi announced on Monday, October 9.
“All payments immediately suspended, all projects re-examined, all budgets for projects, including for 2023, postponed until further notice, reassessment of the entire program,” explained the Hungarian Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement on the X. He The current development aid program amounts to 691 million euros, without providing further details.
“The level of terror and brutality against Israel and its people marks a turning point. “It is not possible to pretend that nothing happened,” this commissioner said on the eve of an extraordinary emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers called after the Hamas attack on Israel.
Terrorist organization
The European Union, one of the Palestinians’ largest financial supporters, plans to spend around 1.2 billion euros between 2021 and 2024 on financing projects, particularly in the education or health sectors. However, a Commission spokesman stressed on Monday that the EU does not “directly or indirectly” finance Hamas, which is in power in the Gaza Strip and is considered a terrorist organization by the European Union.
More than 700 people have been killed in southern Israel since Hamas launched a military offensive from the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Israeli army attacks have killed at least 560 people in the Gaza Strip since Saturday, according to the latest report from local authorities.