In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Israel, one commissioner declared that Brussels would “immediately” suspend €691m in aid to the Palestinian Authority. A few hours later, another commissioner insisted that, actually, they would keep sending funds for “as long as necessary”. Eventually, the European Commission officially announced that Brussels would conduct an “urgent review” into the payments – only for foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to pre-emptively declare that they would have to increase

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