The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

EU continues to transfer millions to anti-Israel activities | Israel today

2020-10-21T15:22:14.522Z


| Political-politicalLast year, the union funded anti-Israel organizations with about 30 million euros • NGO Monitor: "Europe must be careful not to support terrorist organizations" A new report by the NGO Monitor research institute states that grants awarded by the European Union in the years 2020-2019 in the field of human rights have been transferred to Israeli and Palestinian NGOs involved in anti-Israel demoniza


Last year, the union funded anti-Israel organizations with about 30 million euros • NGO Monitor: "Europe must be careful not to support terrorist organizations"

A new report by the NGO Monitor research institute states that grants awarded by the European Union in the years 2020-2019 in the field of human rights have been transferred to Israeli and Palestinian NGOs involved in anti-Israel demonization and the spread of anti-Semitism. These grants were transferred before the EU decided in December last year to add a condition to finance the lack of any connection to terrorist activities and organizations. The Palestinians protested strongly against the condition, and it is unclear whether the EU decided to exclude the Palestinians from this condition. 

According to the report, in 2019 the EU approved 32 grants of € 30.1 million for projects registered under "Palestine" and nine additional grants of € 3.3 million for projects listed under "Israel". Three grants totaling € 5.8 million were transferred to organizations with documented links The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, defined as a terrorist organization by the European Union, according to previous NGO Monitor studies, adds € 31.2 million that the EU approved in 2018-2011 to organizations with ties to the Front.



Seven € 5.6 million grants have been transferred to projects ostensibly designed to "promote peace" or "protect human rights".

And in the field?

The funded Palestinian organizations are spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and glorifying violence.

For example, Jamal Talab, director general of the Land Research Center, which received a grant of 3.3 million euros, expressed himself antisemitically in public when he asked, "How many times will the Palestinian Jesus be crucified by Jews who are rebellious from religion and humanity?"

Seven grants totaling € 11.8 million were earmarked for projects in Jerusalem, some to promote the EU's strategic plan for "preserving the Palestinian identity of East Jerusalem."



At least three million euro grants have been transferred to Israeli organizations to influence democratic processes on controversial issues.

For example, the Association for Civil Rights, the Foundation for Human Rights and the Freedom of Information Movement received 300,000 euros to "make Israeli democracy more democratic", in a project that includes goals for influencing policy and public opinion. "Moled" received 600,000 euros to "rehabilitate the possibility of The idea of ​​two states by changing the attitude and attitudes of elected officials in Israeli society that opposes division. "The



vast majority of funding for Israeli organizations claiming to promote human rights is intended for initiatives related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (6 out of 9 grants, totaling 2.47 million euros). Points out that the EU sees the issue of human rights solely through the prism of the conflict, and not as an objective assessment of a challenge that needs to be addressed.In 2019, with a few exceptions, the EU did not allocate funding to address human rights issues Concerning the citizens of Israel or human rights violations by Palestinians by the Palestinian Authority.Olga



Deutsch, Vice President of the NGO Monitor Research Institute notes that “Our analysis highlights the political way in which the EU selects its partners and projects promoting its policies in the region.

We would like to hope that the Union and other donor governments will be more careful and ensure that they do not promote extremist agendas such as supporting terrorist-related organizations, "preserving the Palestinian narrative of Jerusalem" or attempts to interfere in internal proceedings in Israel.

These cases are devastating and are already affecting the sensitive relationship between the European Union and Israel. "



Deutsch added that the EU's lack of serious attention to information about the use of European funds exacerbates the existing tensions in the already fragile relations between Israel and the European Union.

Source: israelhayom

All news articles on 2020-10-21

You may like

Life/Entertain 2024-03-13T14:43:18.271Z
Life/Entertain 2024-03-13T11:12:22.885Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.