The European Union said it is donating $15 million worth of food and cash to 337,500 Palestinians living in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the West Bank. The Jordanian office of the European Commission said in a statement Wednesday that at least 25 percent of the donation will go for refugees in Jordan, which has the largest number of Palestinians.
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