Greece has pledged 600,000 euros, equivalent to more than $671,000, to support Palestinian medical facilities in occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority announced the financial commitment on Monday.
The agreement was formally signed by the consul general of Greece in Jerusalem, Dimitrios Angelosopoulos, and the Palestinian Authority minister of finance and planning, Estephan Salameh, during financial coordination talks.
The funds will go through the European Union Pegase program. The European Commission set up this mechanism in 2008 to help the Palestinian Authority pay public-sector salaries and maintain services like healthcare and education.
The Office of the European Union Representative in Jerusalem will manage the agreement with the Palestinian Authority.
The pledge follows earlier European financial assistance delivered earlier in the year. European nations provided 9.29 million euros in aid in April to fund medical services for Palestinians in Jerusalem.
East Jerusalem hosts key medical institutions such as the Augusta Victoria Hospital and the Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital. These facilities deliver specialized care for patients referred from the West Bank and Gaza when local medics lack the equipment and supplies necessary to treat them.
European Union contributions to cover the costs of these patient referrals have totaled more than 225 million euros since 2013, targeting patients requiring treatment for cancer and other complex conditions.
