...The discrepancy in explanations may be due in part to the fact that European officials have tried to downplay the extent of Israel's destruction of EU-funded infrastructure in order to avoid embarrassment, according to Euro-Med researcher Cécile Choquet....

....A letter from the EU member states, led by Belgium, setting out the demand will be handed to the Israeli Foreign Ministry in the coming days, according to the Haaretz newspaper, citing an initial report in France's Le Monde daily.....

..."As outlined in several statements by the EEAS Spokesperson on new settlements announcements in 2021, the EU has repeatedly called on Israel to end all settlement activity and to dismantle outposts erected since March 2001. It remains the EU's firm position ..."

The European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, said this weekend that Israel must pay reparations for structures it demolishes in the West Bank that were built with EU funding.

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Recent focus on Israel's planned forced displacement of Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta prompted 24 European Parliament members to contact the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, regarding financial reparation. The bottom line is that, while the EU is within its rights to demand financial compensation, the issue at stake - which is the Palestinian people being forcibly displaced by Israel - is nowhere on the EU's agenda.
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Of little to no consequence was Lenarcic's reminding that EU representatives often visit areas in the Occupied West Bank that are slated for demolition, ostensibly "to warn against"....As Lenarcic stated, "The list of possible steps to ensure compensation from Israel for European financing that went down the drain in demolitions has not yet come up for discussion."
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