An Australian organisation which accepts tax-deductible donations has been linked to an Israeli plan to redevelop heritage sites in the occupied West Bank Palestinian territories.
The plan, announced in February by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, includes historical trails which take in Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Both these cities are in the occupied West Bank. The Haaretz website reports Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the plan shows Israel is “an occupying power intent on consolidating Palestinian lands.”
The plan, announced in February by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, includes historical trails which take in Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Both these cities are in the occupied West Bank. The Haaretz website reports Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the plan shows Israel is “an occupying power intent on consolidating Palestinian lands.”
The United Israel Appeal of New South Wales, which accepts tax-deductible donations, provides half of the money it raises [CORRECTION]: half of the money its Women’s Fund raises to the Keren Heyesod organisation in Israel. Earlier this month, Keren Heyesod signed an agreement with Mr Netanyahu pledging financial support for the heritage plan.
4ZZZ News acknowledges the Kadaitcha blog as the original source of information for this story
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