The E.U. commissioner in charge of foreign affairs rejected a call to investigate whether the Palestinian Authority is using millions of dollars in E.U. aid to fund terrorism. In response to a question by E.U. legislator Charles Tanner, Chris Patten said he wants the issue investigated “like a hole in the head.”
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