(Jerusalem Post) Jordana Horn - As Israel Apartheid Week kicked off Monday on college campuses in support of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the group NGO Monitor has announced the "BDS Sewer System," which provides detailed information on the sources of funding behind the delegitimization campaigns against Israel. It depicts the EU, various governments, foundations and religious charities as providing the incentives and funds for groups supporting the BDS campaign. For example, the Dutch government channeled funding to the Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO), which funded Electronic Intifada, one of the leading groups promoting BDS. "The Dutch government didn't know this until we showed it to them," said Jason Edelstein of NGO Monitor. "ICCO of course knew how the money was being used, but the Dutch government did not."
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