THE European Union (EU) needs to rethink its spending strategy in the West Bank, according to Worcester’s MP.
After a four-day trip to the Middle East, Robin Walker said money is being wasted on good projects, such as water wells, because they are regularly being torn down or destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Israeli-controlled Area C.
Mr Walker said while the UK does not directly spend its aid budget in Area C the money the EU spends there – about €545 million has gone on humanitarian aid to help meet the basic needs of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as Palestinian refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria since the year 2000 – it does come back to the British taxpayer....
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