Swedish MP: EU must demand end to PA incitement as condition for aid

Swedish parliamentarian Lars Adaktusson says the EU should demand that the Palestinian Authority stop all incitement as a condition for financial assistance, and blasts PA President Abbas for his support for violence.

“Politically responsible for the Palestinian propaganda and today’s serious developments is the Palestinian leadership and notably, President Mahmoud Abbas. The president’s direct support for terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians is as obvious as unacceptable. And let’s face it; the image of Mahmoud Abbas as a reliable partner for peace, a representative of democracy and non-violence, is incorrect and false,” Adaktusson tells the Europe Israel Public Affairs (EIPA) lobby group, a day after Swedish FM Wallstrom calls on Israel to investigate the “extrajudicial killings” of Palestinians carrying out attacks.

“For peace to become a reality, President Abbas needs to put an end to Palestinian violence – and the personal propaganda visits to the families of Palestinian terrorists. Furthermore the president needs, once and for all, to take action against corruption. The system with salaries, paid from the PA budget, to jailed Palestinian terrorists, has to be abolished. Money transfers to NGOs campaigning for hatred against Israel have to stop,” he continues.

“I believe the EU should stop sneaking around this issue by continuing to make large wire transfers to PA bank accounts. We need to be firm. Much of this aid is counterproductive – just as counterproductive as the labeling of products from settlements.”