Denmark’s Foreign Ministry last Friday announced it would cut all current funding to a number of Palestinian NGOs with ties to terrorist groups or actively involved in promoting boycotts of Israel, while implementing stricter conditions for them to receive Danish aid in the future.

Algemeiner Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen had been set to announce an additional $8.3 million in state funding for the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, an organization that funds a string of anti-Israel groups. But the country launched a review of its funding criteria in May, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed evidence of the country’s funding of radical Palestinian organizations.

Samuelsen said that, following an investigation, most of the earmarked funds will be returned to Danish government coffers. He added that many organizations currently receiving Danish support would no longer do so.

Following a comprehensive examination of the issue in recent months, the Danish Foreign Ministry announced it would toughen conditions for Palestinian NGOs to receive assistance.

In a letter to the Danish Foreign Ministry, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan had warned that according to the information available to his ministry, a hefty portion of funds allocated to the Ramallah-based secretariat were allocated to organizations with ties to terrorist organizations and groups that promote boycotts of Israel.

In a statement noting that a majority of Danish aid has been withheld from the anti-Israel groups, Samuelsen said he attaches great importance to Denmark’s foreign funding reaching its intended destination.

Netanyahu gave Samuelsen a list of organizations which receive Danish funds that Israel says are linked to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel.

It also followed the United Nations announcing it had withdrawn support for a Palestinian Authority women’s center named for a notorious terrorist (below), saying the move was “offensive” and glorified terrorism.

In recent years, the secretariat—a joint funding mechanism for Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway—has donated money to organizations with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group, such as Al-Haq and Addameer.

UPDATE Norway now is also reportedly set to cut funding for Palestinian NGOs that support boycotts of Israel.