Along the lines of this post, we have the follwoing via Reuters: EU ready to continue Palestinian aid: draft text.
The story is quite brief, and bereft of details. It is unclear if the EU is willing to give aid now, and see how Hamas governs, or if they would withold aid until changes were evident:
He said the text also stated that the EU would expect the new Palestinian Legislative Council to back the creation of a government “committed to a peaceful and negotiated solution of the conflict with Israel.”
Since Hamas just stated unequivocally that they were keeping the bit in their charter about driving Israel into the sea and that they won’t recognize Israel’s government, what exactly leads the EU to their expectation that a Hamas-led government will be “committed to a peaceful and negotiated solution of the conflict with Israel” ?!
Perhaps it is all too nuanced for me, but then again, the Hamas statement from last week did not sound too nuanced to me.
Comment by Steven L. — Monday, January 30, 2024 @ 2:52 pm
I am not too sanguine that the EU will be of much help in all of this, which will end up meaning a loss of leverage with Hamas.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Monday, January 30, 2024 @ 3:49 pm
I keep reading the title as aid to Pennsylvania…
Comment by Jay — Monday, January 30, 2024 @ 9:13 pm
That problem occurred to me, but was still too lazy to type it out
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Tuesday, January 31, 2024 @ 9:07 am