EU Reviews Aid for Palestinians, Reversing Earlier Freeze
- Commissioner Varhelyi earlier said payments were suspended
- Foreign ministers to discuss Hamas attacks at meeting Tuesday
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The European Union said late Monday that it’s urgently reviewing the bloc’s assistance to the Palestinians after several member states protested an earlier announcement that aid would be suspended.
EU foreign ministers are due to discuss the implications of the deadly attack by the militant group Hamas, including for the bloc’s aid to the Palestinians, at an emergency gathering Tuesday afternoon.