(NGO Monitor) Danish funds earmarked for humanitarian and development aid are transferred to NGOs promoting damaging anti-peace agendas, Shaun Sacks of NGO Monitor told Danish lawmakers Wednesday. While Denmark's Parliament has called for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the normalization of ties between Israel and Arab countries, and an acceptance of Israel's right to peace and security, Danish funds have gone to groups acting against normalization. For example, Badil, a group that envisions the creation of "a de-Zionized Palestine of a single state" and supports boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel - both directly contradicting Danish policy - receives funding of $260,000 from the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, one of Denmark's key channels for transferring development aid to NGOs.
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