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| Saudi Royal Family’s Financial Support to the Palestinians 1998-2003 |
| 2003-07-04 |
| Very detailed report from MEMRI. Is it just me, or does the timing of the bulk of the funds transfers seem, well, suspicious? If this is what they're moving openly to the Palestinians, imagine what is going back channel to the madrassas and Al Qaeda. From the Introduction: For decades the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the main financial supporter of Palestinian groups fighting Israel, through the creation of two major committees. The Popular Committee for Assisting Palestinian Mujahideen and The Support Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and The Al-Aqsa Fund have to date given over 15 billion Saudi Riyals (4 billion $U.S.) and reportedly pledged Palestinians up to 1 billion dollars to finance the continuation of the Intifada, which is also commonly referred to by Saudi officials as "Jihad" [1] and "resistance." [2] |
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