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Belgium ends funding for Palestinian schools over honoring of terrorist
The Belgian Education Ministry announced the move ‐ the first of its kind by any European country ‐ this week, the Joods Actueel Jewish newspaper reported Friday. "As long as school names are used to glorify terrorism, Belgium can no longer cooperate with the Paleostinian Education Ministry and will not give out budgets for the construction of schools," a statement from the ministry said. Last year, Belgium froze $3.8 million in funding for the construction of two Paleostinian schools after a West Bank school that it helped fund was renamed for a terrorist who killed Jewish civilians. Numerous appeals by the Belgian government to have the school renamed have gone unheeded, leading to the end of cooperation, the statement said. Sometime after 2013, a school built in Hebron with Belgian money was renamed for Dalal Mughrabi, a Paleostinian terrorist who was part of a 1978 attack that killed 38 civilians, including 13 children. The school was inaugurated as the Beit Awwa Elementary School for Girls in 2013. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-16 |
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