The British government halts funding for War on Want, the Telegraph reports, following claims the charity sponsored anti-Israel events.
The paper quotes the Department for International Development (Dfid) as saying that it had ended support for War on Want, which contributed to the costs of “Israeli Apartheid Week” on university campuses in February.
According to the report, the charity has received £260,000 in funding from Dfid in the last two years.
War on Want denies the report, calling the item “a complete fabrication.”
“War on Want has not sought any UK government support for its operations for a number of years now, so it is absurd to suggest that we have had our funding ‘pulled,'” said the statement on the charity’s website. “The insinuation that we have been criticised by the government for standing up for the rights of the Palestinian people is equally bogus. We will be contacting the Telegraph to help it set the record straight.”
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