Mahmoud Abbas highlights a German problem – The country’s rejection of anti-Semitism largely consists of official rhetoric, as opposed to outright condemnation and uncompromising action against the scourge. | JNS.org

(August 19, 2022 / JNS) In tabled rankings of international donors to the Palestinians, Germany consistently features among the top five nations. According to the foreign ministry in Berlin, since the 1980s, Germany has donated $1.3 billion to Palestinian humanitarian development and institution-building. In 2020 alone, Germany provided nearly $200 million to the Palestinian Authority, the bulk of which was earmarked for what is rather vaguely called “transitional development assistance.” Germany also provides additional funding through the European Union, as well as its direct grant to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the U.N. refugee agency solely dedicated to the Palestinians; a further $180 million was contributed to UNRWA in 2020, making Germany the agency’s single largest donor in that year.