A group that includes an Israeli college in the occupied West Bank is still receiving support from the European Union 12 years after Brussels officials undertook to reject funding bids by firms and institutions located within illegal settlements.
The Inter-University Computation Center (IUCC) has been awarded more than $2.7 million in EU research grants since 2007. One EU-financed project involving this Israeli group kicked off as recently as last month.
Among the members of the IUCC is Ariel University, which is based in the West Bank.
Back in 2013, the Brussels bureaucracy drew up guidelines on support for Israel. They stated that “only Israeli entities having their place of establishment within Israel’s pre-1967 borders will be considered eligible” for EU grants.
The guidelines supposedly hit Israel like an “earthquake,” according to media coverage in July 2013…..more
