The European Commission has halted aid payments to the Hamas-led Palestinian government, until EU member states take a definitive stance on how to deal with the newly-installed government in Gaza.
"For the time being, there are no payments to or through the Palestinian Authority," a commission spokeswoman, told a press conference in Brussels on Friday (7 April).
EU foreign ministers are scheduled to discuss future assistance at a meeting in Luxembourg at the beginning of next we...
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