AMMAN — Spokesperson for the European Commission said the EU “is
unpleasantly surprised by the inappropriate statement of the Palestinian
foreign ministry accusing the president of the European Commission of racism,”
according to the BBC.
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This comes after Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned
a congratulatory video message by head of the European Commission Ursula von
der Leyen on Israel's Independence Day on Wednesday.
Many have called the statement inappropriate, false, and discriminatory.
In the statement she praised Israel, including for having "made
the desert bloom".
Diplomatic spatThe statement sparked an unusual diplomatic spat between the PA and
the EU, its main donor.
The spokesperson added: "We are requesting clarification from
the Palestinian authorities regarding this unacceptable reaction to her
video."
The response of the Palestinian foreign ministry is a rare strong
rebuke to a top figure in Brussels, with whom it typically has good relations.
The PA singled out von der Leyen's suggestion that Israel had
cultivated barren land, calling it an "anti-Palestinian racist trope"
that denies the expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians after the establishment of
the State of Israel and the Arab-Israeli War in 1948.
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