Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

April 17, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=5QXJN1K1IEOX3QFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2006/04/15/wmid15.xml

Aid Workers Fear America Now Sees Them as Terrorists

(Telegraph-UK) Tim Butcher - America's decision to outlaw contact between its officials and the Palestinian government because it is run by Hamas, a terrorist group in Washington's eyes, has alarmed the aid community. Aid workers are worried that if they carry on working in the territories they will be in breach of strict U.S. laws that make it a crime to provide "material support" for known terrorist groups. Many of the aid workers fear arrest by U.S. authorities and even the sequestration of funds held in American bank accounts. Many aid groups have cut back operations dramatically and a senior aid source said all major projects were now on hold.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: