World Jewish Congress launches campaign to halt Palestinian terror payments

2017. augusztus 1 06:04

 World Jewish Congress launches campaign to halt Palestinian terror payments

 

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Small blog prisoners World Jewish Congress launches campaign to expose and halt Palestinian terror paymentsTerrorist salaries amount to the equivalent of roughly half the foreign aid PA will receive this year, according to a new report released by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; WJC urges campaign participants to submit ideas of how PA could better use its money than paying convicted terrorists.
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