by Eldad Beck
Far-right German politician: Germany funding hatred of Jews, Israel.
A day before German
Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth government was sworn in Wednesday, it
emerged that over the past 12 years under Merkel, Germany has
significantly increased its funding to the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees and to the Palestinian Authority.
The information surfaced in the
government's reply to a query from the deputy leader of the far-right
Alternative for Germany party, Beatrix von Storch, who in a recent
interview with Israel Hayom promised to look into German government aid
to the Palestinians and raise the matter for debate.
According to the government, German aid to
UNRWA increased from €3 million ($4 million) in 2005 to €56 million ($69
million) in 2017, when the U.S. announced it would be cutting Palestinian aid.
In certain years, increased German
financial support for the Palestinians came at the request of Israel, in
an attempt to create more comfortable conditions for peace
negotiations.
The governmental response to Von Storch's
query defended UNRWA, which has been accused of using materials that
incite against Israel in its schools.
Von Storch told Israel Hayom, "While Merkel
claims to be fighting anti-Semitism, the German government, by
providing funds to UNRWA, is promoting the hatred of Jews and of Israel
at the German taxpayers' expense. This is a political scandal. This
support for UNRWA should be revoked."
Eldad Beck
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/03/14/german-aid-to-un-palestinian-refugee-agency-skyrocketed-since-2005/
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