Question 22129 — foreign policy

Summary

Ms. Constance Le Grip alerts the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs following information published in the Israeli press on a project for the youth of East Jerusalem financed by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and several local authorities through the Network for Decentralized Cooperation for Palestine (RCDP). According to several media, the project monitoring manager for the center social organization of Al Bustan, the local partner organization of the project, which would also serve as treasurer and member of the board of directors within this association, was allegedly convicted in 2015 by Israel of belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terrorist organization designated as such by the European Union. According to the verdict sentencing him to 18 months of imprisonment, he was notably accused “to act in order to bring the Palestinian public closer to the PFLP”. In this sense, while he was responsible for youth programs within a Palestinian NGO, he allegedly “organized, among other things, trips, extracurricular activities and summer camps for young people - some of which bore the names of terrorists active within the organization -, as well as visits to the families of members of the organization deceased or incarcerated. Following the concerns of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported by the Israeli press, she first asks whether the allegations of financing of the project cited above are founded and then, if so, she wishes to know what mechanisms exist so that the French authorities can ensure that the financing paid is actually intended for the project specific purpose for which they were granted and not be misused for the purposes of indoctrination through activities promoting terrorism and violence. More generally, and with the aim of minimizing risks in the future during contracted partnerships, it wishes to know the existing procedures and controls when selecting projects which are financed by France.

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