Several countries, including EU members Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland, paused funding for UNRWA after allegations by Israel that 12 of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved.
He arrived on the 41st day of the war, as the international concern continue to grow over the IDF’s activities in Al-Shifa hospital to remove Hamas weapons and search for signs of the hostages.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
The European Commission announced they would suspend the aid, then backtracked.
From antisemitism to relations with Israel, EU VP Margaritis Schinas speaks with The Jerusalem Post.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi as his first stop in Brussels on Tuesday.
Israel in particular wants the IAEA’s board to vote in June to ask the UN Security Council to reinstate crippling sanctions against Iran.
The Palestinian Authority denounced the remarks as “racist” and demanded that the European Commission president apologize.
Community council member for legal affairs, David Garrett, added in a press release on behalf of the Porto Jewish community that the European Commission investigation is necessary.
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