The EU has put funding for the Palestinian Authority on hold following this weekend’s terror attack by Hamas in Israel.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi announced that the European Commission is putting its full development portfolio — totaling €691 million — under review, with all payments immediately suspended.
“The foundations for peace, tolerance and co-existence must now be addressed. Incitement to hatred, violence and glorification of terror have poisoned the minds of too many,” the Hungarian commissioner said. “We need action and we need it now.”
The move comes as Germany and Austria announced the suspension of aid to the Palestinian territories.
I agree with what you have said, but I think a broader analysis is more helpful. There is nothing special about the west, they are behaving like people in power have always behaved.
The prime rule of international relations comes from Thucydides: “The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must.”