Thursday, November 19, 2009
Gaza charity offers $1.4 million for capture of IDF soldiers
A Gaza charity linked to the ruling Hamas militant group is offering $1.4 million to anybody who captures an Israeli soldier.
The Waad group sent an e-mail on Wednesday calling on people living in Israel to try take soldiers hostage.
The organization, which supports Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, is headed by Hamas' Interior Minister Fathi Hamad. He did not return calls seeking comment.
Waad's director, Usama Kahlout, says the offer is in response to an Israeli group's offer to pay Gazans for information on the whereabouts of Gilad Shalit, who has been held in captivity by Hamas for more than three years...
A yes, the Hamas version of "charity." The whole hostage thing has worked out so well so far. But the Israelis get blamed for the Palestinian Arabs' tough living conditions...
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