Germany debated whether it should stop aid to Palestinians following the biggest attack on Israel
in years by Palestinian group Hamas, with the government saying it was reviewing the way it spent development funds in the region.
Germany would discuss with Israel how development projects in the region could best be served, and coordinate with international partners, said the minister.Some German lawmakers, from the opposition conservatives in particular, called for an end to the aid. But pushback came from the opposition Left party and the Greens, junior partner in the federal coalition.
The commissioner for humanitarian assistance Luise Amtsberg in the Greens-run foreign ministry said that the government did not finance the Palestinian Authority but rather people who were suffering.
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