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Israel Designates Palestinian Fund that Pays Terrorists and Their Families as "Terror Group"


(Times of Israel) Judah Ari Gross and Eric Cortellessa - Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman declared the Palestinian National Fund to be a terrorist organization on Thursday, accusing the PA-linked group of providing "massive support" to terrorists and funneling "tens of millions of shekels" each month to Palestinian security prisoners and their families. "The fund has a crucial role in the financial support for Palestinian terrorist operatives imprisoned in Israel, and it is used as the most significant route for transferring money." The fund is ultimately controlled by PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Lieberman said that Israel will take steps to seize the fund's "money and property" in order to prevent the support of terror. Last year, the British government's Department for International Development froze part of its aid to the Palestinian Authority over concerns the aid was being used to fund salaries for convicted Palestinian terrorists.
2017-03-17 00:00:00
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