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Palestinians inspect a burned vehicle following an attack by Israeli extremist settlers in the Wadi Rahim area of Hebron in the West Bank, May 1, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
May 4, 2026, 11:02 pm
EU, PA announce program to support Palestinians facing settler violence in West Bank
6 million euros invested in documenting attacks and providing ‘protective presence and protective equipment’ to threatened villages
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of the Palestinian security forces stand guard in the West Bank city of Hebron, December 24, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
November 19, 2025, 3:24 pm
EU official says it could train 3,000 non-Hamas Gaza police officers for post-war role
Plan would draw manpower from Palestinian Authority-paid cops living inside coastal enclave, train them outside of territory
By AFP and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
September 19, 2025, 4:02 pm
Japan’s FM pledged not to recognize Palestinian state at UN, Israel says
No immediate confirmation of decision from Tokyo, amid wave of Western countries vowing to recognize Palestinian sovereignty at UN summit set for next week
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa holds a cabinet meeting in Ramallah on July 17, 2025. (PA foreign ministry/X)
July 23, 2025, 12:37 am
Hamstrung PA weighs options as Israel continues to withhold its much-needed funds
Ramallah could halt security cooperation with IDF or declare state of emergency in West Bank, though both those steps may boomerang, highlighting authority’s challenges
By Jacob Magid
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (R) meeting with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Ramallah on March 24, 2025. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP) /
April 14, 2025, 11:24 am
European Union to boost PA funding with $1.8 billion over three years
EU Mideast commissioner says financial support to go hand in hand with reforms in Ramallah, ‘because without reforming, they won’t be strong enough and credible’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Sven Koopmans (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal / Wikipedia)
July 20, 2024, 8:04 pm
EU Middle East envoy: Bloc still committed to two-state solution
Sven Koopmans says organization can leverage close connections with Israel and Palestinian Authority to push for diplomatic solution, despite internal disagreements on the matter
By AFP and ToI Staff
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 19, 2024, 4:43 pm
EU pledges 400 million euros for Ramallah, subject to progress on PA reform
European Commission head touts measures to get Palestinian Authority’s finances in order as helping ‘lay the groundwork for economic and political stability in the West Bank’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Head of the European Union's mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (C), accompanied by the general director of the Islamic Waqf (Endowment) Azzam al-Khatib (to his right), visits the Al-Aqsa mosque compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on January 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 2, 2023, 5:11 pm
Departing EU envoy: I won’t accuse Israel of apartheid, but it’s worthy of discussion
In farewell interview, ambassador to Palestinians laments Abbas’s failure to hold elections, suggests mail-in ballot as solution to Israeli opposition to voting in East Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid
Masked settlers hurl stones at Palestinian homes in the northern West Bank village of Burin, March 3, 2023. (Yesh Din)
March 3, 2023, 8:37 pm
Settlers seen hurling stones, damaging trees in northern West Bank village
Footage published by Yesh Din shows soldiers standing by amid latest incident of violence, hours after troops clashed with activists in Huwara
By Emanuel Fabian
A member of the Israeli security forces scuffles with a protester as Palestinian and Israeli peace activists demonstrate at the entrance of Huwara in the West Bank, on March 3, 2023. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
March 3, 2023, 12:06 pm
Soldiers, Israeli peace activists clash as army blocks solidarity march to Huwara
European diplomats also visit scene of settler rampage, call on Israel to bring to justice those behind the attack on West Bank Palestinian town
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this May 26, 2019 photo, a teacher supervises while Palestinian schoolchildren take a final exam during the last day of the school year, at the UNRWA Hebron Boys School, in the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
September 28, 2021, 8:16 pm
European Parliament moves to condition UNRWA funds over PA textbook incitement
Budget panel approves amendment to strip Ramallah of $20 million if immediate changes not made to promote coexistence with Israel; funding would instead be sent to groups that do
By ToI Staff
EU representative to the Palestinians Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff surrounded by Israeli activists during a visit at the controversial Givat Hamatos neighborhood in East Jerusalem, November 16, 2020 (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
November 16, 2020, 2:54 pm
Right-wing activists chase EU envoy from site of planned East Jerusalem project
Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff leads delegation of 13 European diplomats to Givat Hamatos to slam ‘de facto annexation attempt,’ protesters denounce them as anti-Semites, chase them off
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the media at the EU Council in Brussels on January 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
October 7, 2020, 10:44 pm
EU said to condition expanding aid on PA’s acceptance of tax funds from Israel
Report says European countries told Abbas to take the money Israel is holding on the Palestinians’ behalf, but he refused without written commitment annexation won’t happen
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian protester carries a national flag and a slingshot during a demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 1, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
June 17, 2020, 6:39 pm
In first, EU nixes grant to Palestinian NGO refusing to sign anti-terror clause
Badil loses NIS 6.5 million for project seeking to expose alleged Israeli crimes in Jerusalem, laments bloc’s ‘adoption of allegations by the Zionist lobby and Israeli campaigns’
By Raphael Ahren
Olivér Várhelyi, the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, during a meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, May 2020 (Twitter)
May 20, 2020, 4:18 pm
EU official urges probe ensuring no funds benefit Palestinian terror backers
Official in charge of relations with EU’s neighbors tells bloc’s envoys to Israel, Palestinian Authority ‘to look deep’ because ‘if there is any concern, we will act immediately’
By Raphael Ahren
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