Group loses funding due to position on Middle East
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"Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says a Canadian church-based group lost its federal funding because of its position on the Middle East. Speaking at a forum in Israel, Kenney cited the decision to cut funding to KAIROS as an example of one of the steps the Conservative government has taken to fight anti-Semitism." "Kenney’s office pointed to critical comments made by an Israel-based group. The NGO Monitor said KAIROS is a “main supporter of the anti-Israel divestment movement in Canada,” and gave a $25,000 grant in 2007 to Sabeel, a Palestinian NGO whose leader “employs anti-Semitic themes and imagery.”"