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Posted by Al Gordon on 22:09:06 2004/11/15
New Report Links UNRWA to Hamas Terrorism,
CCD Calls on Paul Martin to stop funding UNRWA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
15 November 2004, 09:30 AM EST, Toronto, ON The Canadian Coalition for Democracies today released a new report UNRWA: Links to terrorism. The report is written by Arlene Kushner of the Centre for Near East Policy Research (Natick MA and Jerusalem) and presents evidence linking UNRWA to Hamas terrorism against Israelis.
"The findings in this report are troubling," said Alastair Gordon, Director of Communication, Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD). "It leaves little doubt that members of the terrorist group Hamas are working for UNRWA and using funds and materiel from foreign donors, including Canada, for terror against Israelis."
The report notes that UNRWA s camps were "riddled with small-arms factories, explosives laboratories, and suicide-bombing cells, as well as Kassam-2 rocket manufacturing plants." It goes on to quote Alan Baker, Chief Counsel of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and new Israeli Ambassador to Canada saying "Bombing-making indoctrination, recruiting, and dispatching of suicide bombers are all centered in the camps."
"Given the details of this report, and the fact that funding Hamas is a crime in Canada, CCD is calling on the government to deny all funding to UNRWA until we can guarantee that our tax dollars are not being used for incitement and terror against Israelis. Canada should take the lead among donor nations to demand accountability from UNRWA, and to assure that 100% of funding is used for humanitarian purposes," said Gordon.
"Should the government accept the findings of this report and the evidence linking UNRWA to Hamas terrorism, it will be incumbent upon them to immediately cease funding UNRWA. Canada must send a strong message to the UN stating its displeasure with the abuse of Canadian tax dollars, and apologize to the people of Israel who have suffered as a result of funding Hamas terror."
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For information on "UNRWA: Links to Terror", please contact the author:
Arlene Kushner - 1-800-969-9716
Center for Near East Policy Research
47 Eliot Street, Natick MA 01760 USA
policyresearch1@yahoo.com
800-969-9716
Researched and Written under the Supervision of
Israel Resource News Agency
Beit Agron Press Center
37 Hillel Street, Jerusalem 94581 Israel
media@actcom.co.il
02-5300-125
www.IsraelBehindtheNews.com
For additional information, please contact:
Alastair Gordon
Director of Communications
Canadian Coalition for Democracies
PO Box 72602
345 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON M4W 3J0 Canada
Founded in 2003, the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD) is a non-partisan, multi-ethnic, multi-denominational organization of concerned Canadians dedicated to the protection and promotion of democracy at home and abroad.
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