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| EU to renew funding for Palestinian group accused of backing terror |
| 2022-07-02 |
| [IsraelTimes] al-Haq, a well-known Paleostinian civil society organization, saw EU support frozen in May 2021 following Israeli allegations of terror funding; probe found no evidence of fraud The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... informed a Paleostinian civil society organization accused by Israel of terror funding that its suspended EU financial support would soon resume after an investigation by Brussels found no evidence of irregularities. Brussels froze its funding for al-Haq in May 2021 after years of Israeli accusations that the group was controlled by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine, which is widely recognized as a terror group. The European Commission’s anti-fraud unit — known by its French acronym OLAF — opened an investigation to assess whether or not EU funds were being transferred to the terror group. The probe was subsequently closed, meaning funding will resume, al-Haq was told. "OLAF concluded that there is no suspicions of irregularities and/or fraud affecting EU funds in the implementation of [Al-Haq’s] EU funded project," the European Commission wrote in a letter to the organization on Tuesday. A second source familiar with the matter confirmed on Friday that EU funding was being renewed and that the letter’s contents were genuine. The source spoke to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity. The European Union did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Al-Haq is one of the oldest Paleostinian rights groups operating in the West Bank and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... . The organization was founded by lawyer Raja Shehadeh in 1979. The group has been involved in filing reports with the International Criminal Court, which opened an investigation last year into possible war crimes in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza since 2014. In late October, the Israeli Defense Ministry classified al-Haq and five other Paleostinian civil society organizations as terror groups. The designation meant that the organizations’ employees could be arrested and funding confiscated. Israel’s decision to blacklist the six organizations, some of which received European funding, sparked international criticism. But Israeli officials doubled down on the claim, telling news hounds that the evidence behind the decision was "ironclad." Brussels has not been convinced by the evidence Israel has shared. EU High Commission Josep Borrell said that Israel had yet to send definitive proof. "We are asking for answers from the Israeli government, and we have not yet received convincing answers," Borrell said in a closed-door meeting of international donors to the Paleostinians in Oslo in late November The six Paleostinian organizations in question — al-Haq, Addameer, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Defense for Children International — Paleostine, Bisan, and the Union of Paleostinian Women’s Committees — are prominent and well-established groups. The PFLP, which avowedly seeks to destroy Israel, has a long history of Israeli officials have pointed to previous convictions of high-ranking members of the nonprofits — including al-Haq director Shawan Jabarin — for belonging to the PFLP. The Paleostinian nonprofits strongly dispute the charges against them, accusing Israel of seeking to crack down on criticism of its policies. |
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