Tribute to terrorists NEVER works. B "If Mr. Hupper was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for providing Hamas terrorists with only $20,000, how much time Mr. Barak will serve in jail for delivering 100 million shekels to Hamas terrorists?"
http://thebulletin.us/articles/2008/12/12/news/world/doc49416c1182f1a1075114 50.txt Israel Responds To Attacks With Cash To Hamas Citizen's Police Complaint Filed Against Israeli Official Published: Friday, December 12, 2008 David Bedein, Middle East Correspondent Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni convened a special meeting of the Israel security cabinet yesterday morning to discuss the continuing Qassam rocket and mortar fire from Gaza. Israel has witnessed 100 Qassam rockets fired at Sderot and the Western Negev over the past 10 days. Following the Israeli security cabinet meeting, the Israeli government spokesman said that they would not announce what steps it plans to take against Hamas at this time Yesterday afternoon, however, Mr. Barak, announced that Israel had ordered the transfer of 100 million Shekels in cash - the equivalent of $25 million - to the Hamas government in Gaza to pay salaries, because of a cash flow shortage faced by Hamas. Mr. Barak was criticized for this decision by the Israel Minister of Trade and Industry, Eli Yishai, who said that the funds would be used by Hamas to buy more rockets, which would be fired into Israel. An association of lawyers known as the Israel Legal Forum, asked the Israeli attorney general to issue an order to stop the supply of cash to Hamas. Meanwhile, Mrs. Batya Ketar, head of the Sderot Parents Association, filed an unprecedented police complaint against Mr. Barak, accusing him of committing the crime of aiding a terror organization, considered to be a capital crime in Israel. In her police complaint, Mrs. Ketar, cited the case of Richard David Hupper, a 33-year-old York County native who was sentenced last August to three and a half years in a U.S. federal prison for providing $20,000 for humanitarian aid to Hamas. Both the U.S. and Israel define Hamas as a terrorist organization. In his defense, Mr. Hupper said that he was supplying funds that would only be earmarked for the humanitarian needs of Hamas. The court did not buy Mr. Hupper's defense. The Israeli Defense Ministry, now headed by Mr. Barak, had provided evidence to U.S. law enforcement authorities concerning the aid that Mr. Hupper provided to Hamas. "If Mr. Hupper was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for providing Hamas terrorists with only $20,000, how much time Mr. Barak will serve in jail for delivering 100 million shekels to Hamas terrorists?" Mrs. Ketar asked. David Bedein can be reached at [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
