As Israel began its war of genocide on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the European Unions position was right away clear.Israel has a right to defend itself today and in the days to come, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen published on X, along with a picture of her workplaces headquarters lit up with Israels flag.
The European Union stands with Israel.Israel has since been put ontrial for genocideat the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague and its leaders have beenindicted by the International Criminal Court(ICC).
Yet the EU continues to partner with Israeli institutions under its Horizon plan, a program that funds research and innovation.Data collected by the European Commission and evaluated by Al Jazeera shows that since October 7 in 2015, the EU has actually awarded Israeli organizations more than 238 million euros ($250m), consisting of 640,000 euros ($674,000) to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a top aerospace and aviation maker providing the Israeli army.