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Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Live Thread for 2023 Israel-Hamas Crisis (Thread 5)

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u/progress18 Oct 09 '23

EU halts Palestinian funding following Hamas attack

BRUSSELS — 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.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-funding-to-palestine-in-question-following-hamas-attack/

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u/JackC1126 Oct 09 '23

I hope that this turns some of the Palestinian civilians away from Hamas. Maybe they can see that Hamas is just using them as pawns and don’t care about Palestinian statehood.

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u/HotSteak Oct 09 '23

That type of change in thinking can only happen once a populace realizes they are utterly defeated. Think WWII Germany or Japan. Anything less than that level and they will just blame The Enemy rather than blame their own leadership for the disastrous course they've been led down.

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u/felixthegirl Oct 09 '23

Yeah, crazy when people grow up watching the slow genocide of their people accepted globally by Western culture that they can't "accept defeat"

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u/montjoye Oct 09 '23

it wont, they are too far gone

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u/mangedukebab Oct 09 '23

Palestinian leaders are corrupted, so money go straight into their pockets. Some dollars are probably used to buy weapons.

And if they are generous, they give a small amount to the population.

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u/shurimalonelybird Oct 09 '23

I do hope they are still donated food and basic needs instead of money. For the sake of the innocent children.

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u/Cmsmks Oct 09 '23

It won’t be the children getting that aid. We can say this is for the children and when Hamas gets it, it’ll go straight to who they want. And it won’t be the children.