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Hamas-linked charities in West Bank closed
Two schools for needy children and two West Bank charities have been ordered closed because of suspected ties to Hamas, school officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:06 August 11, 2008
West Bank: Two schools for needy children and two West Bank charities have been ordered closed because of suspected ties to Hamas, school officials said.
School staff said intelligence agents delivered written notices on Thursday, but a Palestinian Interior Ministry official said she was not aware of a formal closure order.
In Beit Ula, security agents seized three school buses, a van, computers and documents. In Beit Ummar, they took the keys of the school and locked it, school officials said.
Palestinian rights groups also said that two Hebron area charities, the Islamic Association in Zahariyeh and the Islamic Cultural Center in Dafouh, were also raided.
Fadwa Shaer, an Interior Ministry official, said she was not aware of an order to close the charities, but would look into the matter.
She said she had issued a warning to the Beit Ummar school for violating funding regulations.
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