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Taxpayers’ Union Calls On NZ Government To Follow International Counterparts And Pull UNRWA Funding
The Taxpayers’ Union has launched
a petition calling for the Government to scrap continued
funding of UNRWA, following revelation in recent weeks about
connections to terrorism in the Isreal-Palestine
conflict.
Jordan Williams, a spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union said:
“New Zealanders should not be forced to fund any aid organisation where there are serious allegations of money being funnelled into terrorism. There are plenty of other not-for-profits able to do the job without the politicisation.”
“In addition to the new allegations relating to UNRWA participating in the the 7th October attacks, previous concerns have been raised about UNRWA inciting radicalisation through obscene hate-filled publications.”
“New Zealand should join the governments of Australia, Canada, Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands and the US and pull taxpayer funding of UNRWA.”
The petition can be signed at www.taxpayers.org.nz/petition_unrwa
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