Israel Indicts Palestinian For Funneling Money to Hamas

Israel indicted Seif al-Nabi, a 38-year-old Palestinian form east Jerusalem was indicted for receiving $25,000 in cash from Turkey, to transfer to the families of operatives from the Islamist Hamas movement which controls the Gaza. Strip. The money was meant to compensate the families of Hamas operatives who were killed or arrested by Israel. According to the indictment, the money was funneled through al-Nabi’s two women’s clothing stores, one in Jerusalem, and one in Istanbul. He allegedly brought the money back from Istanbul. Payments allegedly included $2000 for the wife and mother of a Hamas detainee. One of the recipients of the money was stopped by police after leaving al-Nabi’s store with $1000 in cash. Israel and the US say that Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, is a terrorist organization.