The Australian government has been one of the biggest funders of the Hamas terror organisation in Gaza over the past seven years, Israeli authorities allege.
In August, the head of World Vision Gaza, Mohammad El Halabi, was charged with infiltrating the charity in 2010 on behalf of Hamas. The Israeli government alleges he funnelled $US43 million to the proscribed terror outfit in that time.
The Australian can reveal that since 2010, the Australian government has been the world’s single biggest donor to World Vision in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza (JWG), through AusAID and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. World Vision Australia bids for funding from the federal government for the organisation’s projects overseas.
According to the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, its analysis of World Vision’s accounts between 2010, when Mr Halabi became World Vision’s Gaza head, and 2014 shows Australia contributed $27.9m to World Vision JWG, followed by the US which gave $US16.8m ($22.5m), Canada with $US15.4m ($20.7m) and Britain with $US724,000 ($973,000).
Read the full article by Anthony Klan at The Australian.