European Union Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi says the bloc is suspending “all payments immediately” to the Palestinians because of what he called the “scale of terror and brutality” during the attacks of Hamas against Israel. The surprise announcement by Varhelyi on Monday came just hours after EU officials stressed that no EU money whatsoever was going to Hamas in the first place and that contacts had been frozen for 16 years. The EU considers Hamas a terror group. Varhelyi said that as the bigg
BRUSSELS — European Union Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said Monday the bloc is suspending “all payments immediately” to the Palestinians because of what he called the “scale of terror and brutality” during the attacks of Hamas against Israel.
Queries about what the move entailed and whether it would hit all humanitarian aid to Palestinians were not immediately answered.
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