[IsraelTimes] Brussels says it was ’unaware’ Hebron-area school was renamed for Dalal Mughrabi, notorious for her role in 1978 Coastal Road Massacre in which 38 were killed.
| Brussels has budgeted 16.5 million euros (NIS 68 million) for funding PA schools between July 2013 and July 2020, the website says. |
The Belgian government decided to freeze funding to the Paleostinian Authority education system after an elementary school built with support from Brussels took the name of a notorious Paleostinian terrorist, a spokesperson for the European country told The Times of Israel on Monday.
The Beit Awaa Elementary Girls School, located in southern West Bank’s Hebron region, was built with funds from Belgium in 2012-2013. It is one of several schools built with money from Brussels, which donates millions of euros a year to the education system. |