'The suspension of the payments—punishing all the Palestinian people—would have damaged the E.U. interests in the region and would have only further emboldened terrorists,' said the bloc's foreign policy chief.
Following Hamas' deadly weekend attack on Israel, which responded with an assault of the occupied Gaza Strip, the European Commission explained in a statement Monday that it is 'launching an urgent review' of development assistance for Palestine but 'as there were no payments foreseen, there will be no suspension of payments.
funding supports hospitals, schools, and food program, we cannot and should not cut this lifeline for millions of people.'MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan said that 'the collective blaming and punishment continues on both sides of the Atlantic.'Along with highlighting the official statement—which came hours after Várhelyi's initial remarks—Josep Borrell, a commission vice-president and high representative of the E.U.
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