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Israel seizes Hamas charity in Hebron
Israeli troops seized the facilities of a Hamas-affiliated charity in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, saying it funneled money to the Islamic group's militant activities and recruited members to its ranks, the army said Tuesday. The move against the Islamic Charity Movement came three weeks after two Hamas members from Hebron carried out a suicide bombing that killed a woman in the Israeli town of Dimona. The charity declined comment on the seizure of its assets. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that a peace deal with the Palestinians would not necessarily be concluded by the year-end target that he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas set. Olmert, speaking at a business forum in Tokyo, said his government was "absolutely determined" to end the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians. "The desire is to make an agreement within the year 2008," he told business leaders in Tokyo. "I'm not sure we will be able to achieve it, and certainly not to implement it in the year 2008." The military said in a statement that the Islamic Charity Movement is a front to strengthen Hamas' foothold in the West Bank.
Posted by: Fred 2008-02-27 |
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