Israeli arms firms, such as Rafael, and the Israeli defence ministry remain eligible for the EU’s ‘Horizon’ science-programme grant
Von der Leyen’s proposed trade sanctions could be adopted by a qualified majority of EU countries, but Germany and Italy were among those who blocked them, even at the height of the Gaza war.
Heh, are you saying relations with Israel are worse than those with Hamas? And which of those two (note: that’s Israel and Hamas, not “Arab territories”) is at the receiving end of most European money?
Unfortunately I have to say Hamas. As the biggest contributer to Garza’s basic infrastructure, the EU releases Hamas from that responsibility and they use all their cash in terrorism instead.
There’s no free EU money to Israel, there’s trade, it’s an exchange, buying and selling.