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Qatar Mulls Nixing Future Gaza Cash Transfers
(i24News) Qatar is mulling replacing cash payments to Gaza with an alternative means of aid to avoid appearing as if it supports terror against Israel. The Israeli news site Walla reported on Sunday that a document circulating among Qatari officials says transferring large sums of cash - "a method reminiscent of the mafia...only reinforces the negative view of Qatar as a financier of terror." "If the intention was only to pay the salaries of government officials, it would have been possible to transfer the money directly to their bank accounts. Hamas' demand to receive money in a way that bypasses Israel's monitoring capabilities reinforces the assumption that some of the money will go to terrorist organizations."