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June 23, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/745/807.html

Saudi Arabia Cutting Hamas Funding

(Maariv-Hebrew) Amir Buhbut - After many years of supporting the families of suicide bombers and sending millions to fund terror attacks in Israel and the territories, the Saudis are beginning to "dry out" Hamas. According to a senior military source, after American pressure, "for the first time in years the Saudis have begun to reduce the flow of funds to Hamas and to the Gaza Strip." In addition, in recent months Israel has arrested couriers posing as businessmen bringing money from Hamas headquarters abroad to Hamas activists in Gaza and the West Bank. According to the source, Hamas's financial problem is one of the principal reasons behind the decline in its terror operations.

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