[Telegraph-UK] Bruno Waterfield -Lawyers for Eyal Katorza, an Israeli who is also a French citizen, are preparing a legal case demanding that the EU does more to protect the 300,000 Europeans living in Israel. Legal documents have accused the EU of indirectly funding Palestinian terrorism because of a failure to "prevent the misuse of European funds by non-profit organizations which use these funds to finance terrorism." Katorza, from Sderot, who lost his job and family business because of Kassam rocket attacks, has demanded EU "reparations for lost job income, reparations for physical and psychological damages, reparations for property damages, [and] monies for reinforced buildings against missiles." His lawyers have cited clauses in EU treaties that offer protection to Europeans even while they are living abroad. "The EU grants hundreds of millions of euros a year in aid to Gaza, and it is inconceivable that European citizens should be harmed by money supplied by the EU," said Mordechai Tzivin, Katorza's lawyer.
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