Ma'an Arabic reports that Dr. Hassan Khater, head of the Jerusalem International Center, said that Jews were in "frantic efforts to Judaize Jerusalem" noting that the UJA Federation of New York recently allocated $145 million on Jerusalem projects.
Khater notes that this is only the New York Federation - there are many others throughout the US that are also sending vast amounts of money to erase all signs of Islamic life in Jerusalem.
Khater added that "The Jewish money flowing to Jerusalem today has become much easier and more influential in the light of the almost complete absence of money from the Arab and Islamic world," as he stressed that "the steadfastness of Jerusalemites can not be achieved in words and wishes, but they must be supported with a similar continuous financial commitment."
If only!
The UJA-Federation of New York did manage to raise $145 million this year, but they spend that money all over the world, on things like assisting people in need, improving Jewish education, summer camps and other charitable needs; it looks like far less than half its budget is spent in Israel.
I have no idea if any of their funded programs are meant to "Judaize Jerusalem," a phrase that makes as much sense as "moistening water."
I guess Ma'an didn't consider that the head of an organization that is meant to Islamicize Jerusalem might be making facts up in order to shame Arab nations into giving him hundreds of millions of dollars.
