Yossi Beilin drawing NIS 350-400 thousand salary covered by European Union

Investigative reporter Yoav Yitzchak report in the February 7th issue of Ma’ariv that former Labor Party MK Yossi Beilin is drawing an annual salary of NIS 350,000 – NIS 400,000 from The Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF), a Tel Aviv based organization that he formed with Yair Hirschfeld at the end of 1990.

Yitzchak notes that the bulk of the ECF budget is covered by the European Union. In addition to the salary, ECF covers Beilin’s heavy travel expenses – including meetings with Palestinians overseas.

For all practical purposes, Yitzchak writes, the European Union is paying for Beilin to negotiate with the Palestinians.