| ...on stopping aid to the Palestinians, that is. |
[RT] The European Union will not suspend aid payments to the Palestinian Authority, its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday evening, directly contradicting an earlier announcement by Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
"The review of the EU’s assistance for Palestine announced by the European Commission will not suspend the due payments," Borrell said in a statement, adding that this would have amounted to "punishing all the Palestinian people," damaged the EU interests in the region, and "only further emboldened terrorists."
Not giving them money emboldens terrorists? |