EU expected to continue with Palestinian aid
iol: European Union foreign ministers are expected to continue providing millions of euros in aid for much-needed funds to the Palestinian caretaker government today.
The EU ministers' meeting in Brussels is not expected to decide on what the 25-nation bloc will do once the Hamas-led government takes control of the Palestinian Authority.
Options for the EU include offering 27m pounds (39.6m euros) in new aid to help run utilities such as power supply an waste collection, and authorising the World Bank to unblock around 34m pounds (50m euros) to pay the salaries of Palestinian Authority employees. Aid is urgently needed after Israel's decision to withhold 28m pounds (41m euros) a month in tax funds following Hamas' election victory. Read more
db: The US/European neocons won't like it. Neither will those states hoping that the world was going to follow the myopic US/Israeli lead - which would have enabled them to step in with alternative finance and expand their own influence - which may have been counter to 'western' interests.
The EU ministers' meeting in Brussels is not expected to decide on what the 25-nation bloc will do once the Hamas-led government takes control of the Palestinian Authority.
Options for the EU include offering 27m pounds (39.6m euros) in new aid to help run utilities such as power supply an waste collection, and authorising the World Bank to unblock around 34m pounds (50m euros) to pay the salaries of Palestinian Authority employees. Aid is urgently needed after Israel's decision to withhold 28m pounds (41m euros) a month in tax funds following Hamas' election victory. Read more
db: The US/European neocons won't like it. Neither will those states hoping that the world was going to follow the myopic US/Israeli lead - which would have enabled them to step in with alternative finance and expand their own influence - which may have been counter to 'western' interests.
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