European Aid to the Middle East Is Shaped by a Political Agenda
An agenda that includes hostility toward Israel.
February 18, 2019
An agenda that includes hostility toward Israel.
The EU’s European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Unit dispenses millions of dollars in economic and humanitarian assistance to dozens of countries every year. Although it claims to operate on principles of strict neutrality, independent of any political motivation and giving priority to the neediest cases, a look at its activities in the Middle East suggests an entirely different approach, as Hillel Frisch writes:
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Login or SubscribeAn agenda that includes hostility toward Israel.
It’s not about the Benjamins.
From the Danish cartoon to widespread self-censorship.
From ancient tort laws to modern Israeli psychologists.
An expansion of freedom to follow halakhah, or a license to kill?