Why EU funds to Palestinian NGOs became a victim of misinformation - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Megan Giovannetti

Mar 29, 2020

Palestinian boys walks past the remains of their family's dwelling, that was funded by the EU's humanitarian arm, after it was demolished by Israeli forces, near the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya, near east of Jerusalem January 21, 2016. In a development likely to further upset Europe, Israeli forces demolished six structures in the West Bank funded by the EU's humanitarian arm. The structures were dwellings and latrines for Bedouins living in an area known as E1 - a particularly sensitive zone between J — Palestinian boys walks past the remains of their family's dwelling that was funded by the EU's humanitarian arm, after it was demolished by Israeli forces, near the West Bank village of al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, Jan. 21, 2016. — REUTERS/Abdelrahman Younis

The European Union (EU) and the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO), a coalition of 135 local NGOs, are engaged in talks to clarify a perceived change in EU funding criteria to Palestinian civil society.

Since the start of this year, the EU has been under fire by Palestinian civil society for an alleged “anti-terror” clause in their general grant contracts used to fund NGOs worldwide.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends an opening of the Center via a teleconference with Bethlehem, before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kochetkov/Pool - UP1ED5B12QY0K

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