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EU money to protect Palestinian face of Jerusalem
By EUOBSERVER
Foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini pledged €42.5 million of EU money for Palestine at an international meeting in Brussels on Wednesday after the US cut its UN funding for the occupied territories. The EU funds are to be spent on protecting the Palestinian character of Jerusalem, alleviating poverty, and state building. A separate UN report the same day said 27 firms from 10 EU states operated in illegal Israeli settlements.