The European Commission wants to spend €18 million ($19.2 million) to help Israel with regional cooperation with its Arab neighbors including through “strategic communication and public diplomacy,” arguing the money would help strengthen stability in the Middle East and beyond.
An outline of the proposed assistance, which would come from the European Union executive’s foreign aid budget, was sent to the bloc’s 27 member states on Tuesday. Countries have until Nov. 14 to provide input on the plan, seen by Devex, including the option to block it altogether.
The commission proposal has three components:
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Vince Chadwick is a contributing reporter at Devex. A law graduate from Melbourne, Australia, he was social affairs reporter for The Age newspaper, before covering breaking news, the arts, and public policy across Europe, including as a reporter and editor at POLITICO Europe. He was long-listed for International Journalist of the Year at the 2023 One World Media Awards.
