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Monday, February 6, 2017
PM asks UK to stop funding Breaking the Silence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNetanyahu tells Israeli reporters in London that he asked Theresa May to stop British government funding for Breaking the Silence, an organization that provides a platform for IDF veterans to expose alleged abuses of Palestinians during their military service.
Last December, then-defense minister Moshe Ya’alon banned the left-wing NGO from all events involving soldiers, saying “it became clear that this is an organization operating with malicious motives” that is primarily concerned with vilifying the IDF abroad. A week later, Education Minister Naftali Bennett banned its members from speaking to high school students.
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