Counterpoint: What are the Palestinians Doing with EU Aid?

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Counterpoint: What are the Palestinians Doing with EU Aid?

A report in The Sunday Times (13 October) cites an unpublished report by the European Court of Auditors detailing how EU aid to the Palestinians has been “misspent, squandered or lost to corruption.” According to the article, the report shows that “Brussels transferred more than £1.95bn to the occupied territories between 2008 and 2012 but had little control over how it was spent.” Should the EU be surprised? Joshua Goodman discusses this with Daniel Schwammenthal (AJC Transatlantic Institute) and Roland Freudenstein (Centre for European Studies).