Hold it responsible

Sir, – In “Setting the record straight on EU funding” (Comment & Features, March 12), EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Anderse engages in the same “intentional inaccuracies” of which he accuses Prof. Gerald Steinberg of NGO Monitor. The ambassador surely recognizes that any European Union funding that goes to NGOs promoting the image of Israel as an oppressor of Palestinians inherently implies support for those NGO and all their activities. Money is fungible, and though the EU might attempt to ensure that its grants do not go to efforts to undermine Israel, it really cannot control the ultimate use of such funds. The EU should indeed “be held responsible for other activities in which these NGOs are engaged....” ROSALIE BROSILOW Rehovot