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Germany Suspends Funding for World Vision
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - World Vision announced on Friday that it will not receive funds from the German government because of allegations that Hamas diverted the funds, the Berlin-based Tagesspiegel reported. "The 3.6 million euros, which we received from the [German] Federal Development Ministry and [German] Foreign Affairs Ministry for new projects in the region, will no longer be provided until the accusations are clarified," said a spokeswoman for World Vision. Volker Beck, a German Green Party MP and head of the German-Israel parliamentary group in the Bundestag, said: "World Vision massively damages the trust necessary for aid work for the people in Gaza," adding that "Hamas is a terrorist organization, which should not be financed with tax-payer funds."