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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

Palestinian lives at risk if EU continues to withhold aid: NRC

A Palestinian woman lifts her son, who is being treated for cancer, in the paediatric ward of Augusta Victoria Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem November 6, 2012. Six hospitals in occupied East Jerusalem face a financial crisis because the aid-dependent Palestinian Authority has been unable to meet payments for their services, jeopardising the healthcare of thousands of West Bank patients [Baz Ratner/Reuters] (Reuters)

A humanitarian organisation has warned that the European Union’s continued delay in distributing aid to vital sectors in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip is putting Palestinian lives at risk, with dire consequences for patients needing treatment at occupied East Jerusalem hospitals.

Since 2021, the EU has withheld a large proportion of its funding to the Palestinians – nearly $230m – under the pretext that Palestinian school textbooks need to undergo revisions and changes.

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