The United States State Department has refuted claims made by Yair Netanyahu, the son of the Prime Minister of Israel, who accused the US administration of funding the protests in Israel. A spokesperson for the State Department said the accusation is “completely false” and that Yair Netanyahu’s claim that funds were transferred to the Movement for the Quality of Government to finance the demonstrations is not true. The spokesperson clarified that the organization received a small amount of support from the previous administration and that the funds were transferred in September 2022, prior to the last Israeli elections. The State Department has also announced that the funds will be used to support citizenship studies programs in schools in Jerusalem.
The US State Department against Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son, following Yair Netanyahu’s tweet over the weekend in which he accused the US administration of funding the protests in Israel. A spokesperson for the United States State Department told Here News tonight (Monday) that the accusation is “completely false.”
The speaker referred to the claim in Yair Netanyahu’s tweets, according to which the US State Department transferred funds to the Movement for the Quality of Government, which were used to finance the demonstrations, and said that the organization received “modest support” from the previous administration and that the funds were transferred until September 2022, before the last elections in Israel.
The speaker further stated that the funds will be earmarked for citizenship studies programs in schools in Jerusalem.