EU taxpayers have helped fund hospitals, desalination plants, schools and other civilian infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank. An EUobserver investigation found that Israel has bombed, bulldozed or seized at least €150m of it — without paying back a cent. euobserver.com/222661/israe...
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The biggest losses include the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis and the Southern Gaza Seawater Desalination Plant in Deir al-Balah. These were not abstract “projects”. They were health, water and basic public infrastructure.
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The EU says it asks Israel to compensate for demolished or confiscated EU-funded assets. But the record tells another story: letters, requests, diplomatic language — and no reimbursement. euobserver.com/222661/israe...
If the EU keeps rebuilding what can be destroyed again without consequence, European taxpayers are underwriting the damage while Palestinians lose the infrastructure twice. euobserver.com/222661/israe...
The question for Brussels is simple: what is the point of funding civilian infrastructure if there is no political or financial cost when it is destroyed? Read the EUobserver investigation: euobserver.com/222661/israe...