The funds were withheld following a controversy over “hate language and violence towards Israel” in textbooks in schools, at the proposal of Neighborhood Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.

However, this Friday the European Executive presented a new proposal that removes conditionality from humanitarian items, and it is expected that the measure will be voted on the 13th, the media reported.

On that date, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will travel to Israel and Palestine, a visit in which she hopes to strengthen relations with the region and seek energy partners to cut dependence on Russian hydrocarbons.

The proposal will be approved by collecting the vote of at least 15 member states, representing at least 65 percent of the total population of the European Union.

The Palestinian National Authority or simply Palestinian Authority is an autonomous administrative organization that governs temporarily since 1994 in the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.

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