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| Paleo Authority (West Bank) to shut down Hamas "Charities" | |
| 2007-08-28 | |
| The Palestinian Authority will close 103 charities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, ... There's a good chance a few of them were on the list of receipients of CAIR funds- that would be sweet ... a minister in PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' government said on Tuesday, Hamas will assume this is directed against them by Fayad ... in an apparent attempt to weaken Hamas Islamists...The bank accounts of al-Salah Association, one of the largest Islamic charities in the Gaza Strip, were frozen earlier this month by Palestinian banks after the U.S. government designated it a "key support node for Hamas". Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said the decision to close the charities is part of an attempt by the leadership of the Palestinian Authority to "uproot the Hamas movement" and that it would only cause hardship among Palestinians.
Probably about 60% operate, at least partly, in Gaza and these will undoubtedly not be affected. | |
| Posted by:mhw |