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European Union funding illegal Palestinian projects in West Bank

A report by Israel’s Intelligence Ministry was prepared in June 2021 but declassified and made public this year.

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European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

A report by Israel’s Intelligence Ministry sharply criticizes the European Union for funding the Palestinian Authority’s illegal “takeover” of areas that are recognized as being under Israeli sovereignty.

First translated by Honest Reporting, the document details how foreign governments gave hundreds of millions of euros to Palestinian projects in Area C in Judea and Samaria. Such funding is contrary to international law and relevant agreements.

Titled “The Palestinian Campaign for Area C: Shaping a Security Reality on the Ground, Description and Implications,” the report describes how the Palestinians use E.U. funds to build thousands of illegal structures and grab swaths of agricultural land.

It was prepared in June 2021 but declassified and made public this year. Israeli intelligence claims that the E.U. also provides the P.A. with actionable and diplomatic support.

The report states that the P.A. has received more than half a billion dollars to carry out “unilateral land seizure moves over the past eight years.”

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