Union of Agricultural Work Committees
July 12, 2013, 12:00 am
Parke stays shtum on BDS, refugee numbers
THE new Minister for International Development refused to be drawn this week on whether the government would reconsider its financial support for the BDS-backing Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), whether she was satisfied it wasn’t a front for a terror group, and where she stood on boycotts of the Jewish State.
July 8, 2013, 12:00 am
Pro-Palestinian Parke takes on international development
A FORMER UN official in Gaza has been appointed Australia’s first Minister for International Development.
June 6, 2013, 12:00 am
World Vision defends Gaza group funding
WORLD Vision advisor Professor Tim McCormack has come out firing against accusations by Israeli organisation Shurat HaDin that a Gaza-based charity it funds is a front for terror.
By Gareth Narunsky and Peter Kohn
November 19, 2012, 12:00 am
Carr gets personal over UAWC funding
A WAR of words has erupted in the Senate over the government’s handling of allegations that Australian taxpayers are unwittingly funding a Palestinian terrorist group.
By Gareth Narunsky
October 19, 2012, 12:00 am
World Vision court action on hold
ISRAELI civil rights group Shurat HaDin has postponed commencing legal action against World Vision Australia after the two organisations met in Sydney over the weekend.
By Gareth Narunsky
October 11, 2012, 10:08 am
Israeli group threatens World Vision with court
WORLD Vision has until next week to stop funding a Gaza-based charity that an Israeli civil-rights group claims is a front for terror, or face legal action.
By Gareth Narunsky
September 7, 2012, 12:00 am
AusAID terror funding saga continues
ACCUSATIONS that the federal government’s foreign aid arm, AusAID, is unwittingly funding Palestinian terror won’t go away, with Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr grilled on the issue in the Senate late last month.
By Gareth Narunsky
May 18, 2012, 12:00 am
Carr: ‘terror’ funding under investigation
FOREIGN Minister Senator Bob Carr has given an assurance that claims that an Australian aid recipient is linked to terror are being thoroughly investigated.
By Gareth Narunsky
May 4, 2012, 12:00 am
Senator demands inquiry into ‘terror’ funding
A SENATOR has requested an official inquiry into whether Australian taxpayers are unknowingly funding a Palestinian terrorist organisation.
By Gareth Narunsky
March 8, 2012, 9:51 am
Legal threat over alleged terror links
ISRAELI civil rights group Shurat HaDin has threatened legal action and blasted World Vision Australia and AusAID over their investigations into a Palestinian organisation the former alleges has links to a terrorist group.
By Gareth Narunsky
February 23, 2012, 12:02 pm
Probe into charity’s alleged links with terrorist organisation
THE Australian government’s foreign aid arm, AusAID, says it is closely monitoring an investigation by charity World Vision into a Palestinian non-profit organisation for alleged terrorist links.
By Gareth Narunsky
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