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Bro-hood vows to fund Hamas
United States and Europe threatened to freeze funding for a Hamas-led government. Brotherhood spokesperson Issam al-Aryan said: "Supporting Hamas is the responsibility of all the peoples of the free world and Arab world and not just the Muslim Brothers because it means supporting the democratic choice of the Palestinian people." Aryan's comment came just a day after Israel decided to freeze the monthly transfer of millions of dollars in customs duties owed to the Palestinian authority, which amounted to a staggering one-third of the cash-strapped government's budget. He said that contributions were already being collected through "relief committees all over the world and through the Egyptian Red Crescent and the Arab League". But popular support in itself, "is not enough and governments must shoulder their responsibilities," said Aryan, as Arab League ministers met in Algeria to discuss granting the Palestinian Authority monthly aid of $50m. Here is a nifty link for Hamas contributions. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr Posted by: Besoeker 2006-02-20 |
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