(AP-New York Times) Donorbox, a U.S. software company which makes fundraising management software, said Friday it blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel following a complaint that the campaign has links to militant organizations. The complaint from Shurat HaDin, an Israeli advocacy group, was submitted in coordination with Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry. The complaint noted that the boycott movement's membership includes the "Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine," an umbrella group that includes Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which have been branded terrorist organizations by the U.S.
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