European Union institutions funding groups linked to Palestinian terrorism activities

European Union institutions have given millions of euros annually to non-governmental organizations with ties to Palestinian terrorist groups and that support boycotts of Israel, according to Gilad Erdan, Israel’s minister for strategic affairs and public diplomacy.

Examples include Norwegian People’s Aid, which received 1.76 million euros in EU aid in 2016, Erdan said in a 40-page report issued Friday.

The group carried out a project with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is classified as a terrorist group by the EU and US.

The Norwegian group also provided services to Iran’s energy sector, Erdan said. It was fined $2 million in April by the U.S. Department of Justice because of the links.

Source: Bloomberg