{"id":2116000,"date":"2023-12-05T05:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-terror-tied-fundraiser-unable-to-take-credit-cards-after-washington-examiner-report\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T05:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:22:25","slug":"palestinian-terror-tied-fundraiser-unable-to-take-credit-cards-after-washington-examiner-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-terror-tied-fundraiser-unable-to-take-credit-cards-after-washington-examiner-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian terror-linked fundraiser barred from accepting credit cards after Washington Examiner expos\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpalestinian-terror-tied-fundraiser-unable-to-take-credit-cards-after-washington-examiner-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2116000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Exclusive: Gaza Fundraiser Linked to \u2062Terrorist Group Loses \u2062Credit \u200bCard Donations<\/h2>\n<p>A Gaza fundraiser that was supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-rejects-rep-gaetzs-bill-to-withdraw-us-troops-from-somalia\/\" title=\"House Rejects Rep. Gaetz\u2019s Bill to Withdraw US Troops From Somalia\">terrorist group designated<\/a> by Israel has been forced to stop accepting credit card donations. This comes \u2062after multiple reports from the \u2062Washington Examiner, which led to Republican lawmakers, \u2064including\u2062 Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, \u2062criticizing credit card processor Stripe for allowing its \u2062services to be \u200cused\u2063 by the Spanish Bizilur\u2064 Association\u2063 for Cooperation and \u200cDevelopment of Peoples.\u2063 The association was running \u2064the &#8220;#StopGazaStarvation Gaza Relief Campaign&#8221; with \u2063the Union of Agricultural Work Committees,\u2062 identified by Israel as an \u2063&#8221;arm&#8221;\u200b of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated terrorist\u2063 faction. Concerns were\u200d raised \u200cthat Stripe could be providing &#8220;material support&#8221; to the PFLP, prompting the financial \u2062services \u2064company to quietly withdraw from the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<h3>GOP Lawmakers Demand Stripe to Cut Ties with\u200b Terrorist-Linked Fundraiser<\/h3>\n<p>This development highlights \u200bthe increasing \u200bpressure \u200bon payment\u200b processors to avoid\u2064 any association, even indirectly, with Hamas\u2062 or\u2063 other terrorist \u2062factions. According to Israeli officials, the recent Hamas-led attack\u200b has resulted \u200bin\u200c the deaths of over 1,200 \u200bpeople in Israel. In late November, PayPal also closed an \u200caccount for the Union of Agricultural Work Committees fundraiser after receiving letters from the\u200c pro-Israel watchdog \u2064Zachor\u2063 Legal\u200c Institute, which threatened to involve the IRS and Treasury Department due \u200cto their connections\u2063 with the terror-tied initiative. However, records show that a Spanish company\u2062 called Laboral Kuxta is still allowing\u200b Bizilur\u200b to accept wire transfers for the\u200b fundraiser \u200cthrough a bank account.<\/p>\n<p>The Union of Agricultural Work Committees, leading \u2062the Gaza fundraising campaign, was identified\u2063 as the PFLP&#8217;s &#8220;agricultural&#8221; arm in a 1993\u200b report. Visa, Mastercard,\u2062 and American Express reportedly prohibited the UAWC from using their services in 2018, a year before two \u200dof its staffers were charged for\u2063 their \u200dinvolvement in a PFLP terrorist cell and\u200d a \u200broadside\u2064 bombing that resulted in \u2063the death of an Israeli teenager. Bashir \u2064al Khairi, a former leader of the PFLP, used to be the president of the UAWC&#8217;s board of trustees. The PFLP was one of the Palestinian terrorist\u200c factions involved in the October\u2064 7 \u200battack.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As we, the Union of\u200d Agricultural Work Committees, spearhead this international campaign, \u2064we are joined by a coalition of\u2062 partners and allies\u2062 worldwide,&#8221; states the Gaza fundraiser&#8217;s website. &#8220;Their \u200bengagement in\u2064 this campaign amplifies our call, aiming to turn the \u200btide\u200d of suffering into a wave of support. The use of starvation by the \u200bIsraeli occupation as a weapon\u200b in its deplorable\u200d warfare against 2.3 million \u2064Palestinians is\u2063 an affront to humanity, demanding global action to expose \u2063and\u200d hold accountable those responsible.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Members \u2062of\u200d Congress have called\u2063 on Stripe to sever ties\u200b with the fundraiser, which is currently\u2062 under investigation by pro-Israel investigators\u2062 on various committees. Rep. Greg Murphy expressed \u200chis concern \u2063about the funding of terrorist activities and emphasized the need for aggressive solutions.\u2062 The UAWC&#8217;s fundraiser website \u200daccuses Israel of\u200c &#8220;genocide&#8221; and an &#8220;ethnic cleansing\u200c campaign in the \u2064West Bank.&#8221;\u2063 The UAWC has received millions\u2064 of \u2064dollars in grants from the European Union, United Nations, and several countries, according to funding records compiled by the Israeli NGO Monitor\u200b watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p>The UAWC, \u2064established by the PFLP, has faced \u200bscrutiny for its \u200cties to the terrorist faction. The Dutch \u200bgovernment decided to stop granting funds to the UAWC \u2064in\u2062 2022 due to individual connections between \u200cUAWC \u200bstaff and board members and the PFLP. Stripe has declined \u200bto comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/gop-lawmakers-stripe-terrorist-fundraiser-helping-hamas\">Click here to read\u200c more from the \u200dWashington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the recent Hamas-led\u200d attack \u200cin Israel contribute to the increased scrutiny faced by payment processors?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Involvement\u200b in a terrorist attack. It is important to note\u200b that the UAWC denies any\u200c affiliation with the PFLP and claims to be an independent agricultural\u2063 organization.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by Stripe to disassociate itself from the fundraiser came after pressure from Republican \u2063lawmakers, who demanded that the\u200d payment processor cut ties with the terrorist-linked initiative.\u200c Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, both prominent figures within the Republican Party, criticized Stripe for enabling the terrorist \u200bgroup&#8217;s fundraising efforts\u2064 by allowing credit card donations.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-uncle-roger-previews-what-a-future-under-chinese-commies-looks-like\/\" title=\"Uncle Roger gives a glimpse of life under Chinese Communism.\">incident sheds light<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-ceo-testifies-that-chrome-not-monopoly-is-behind-search-dominance\/\" title=\"Google CEO testifies: Chrome, not monopoly, drives search dominance.\">growing scrutiny faced<\/a> by payment processors to ensure that their services are not utilized by terrorist organizations or initiatives with terrorist\u200c ties. Given the recent deadly Hamas-led attack \u2064in\u200c Israel, which resulted in\u2063 the\u200d loss of thousands of \u200blives, there is\u2063 an increased \u200bsensitivity surrounding any potential\u200b support, even indirect, to such \u2063factions.<\/p>\n<p>The actions \u2063taken by PayPal to\u2063 close the account \u2064of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees \u2064fundraiser further underscores the \u200bcommitment of payment processors to adhere to these stringent standards. PayPal&#8217;s\u200d decision came\u200b after\u200c receiving letters from the \u2062pro-Israel \u200bwatchdog organization, Zachor Legal Institute, which\u2062 threatened to\u200b involve governmental authorities due to their perceived connections with the\u2062 terror-tied initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Although PayPal&#8217;s actions demonstrate a strong stance against supporting terrorism, \u200dit is concerning to note that Bizilur, the \u2064Spanish affiliate of \u200bthe fundraiser, can still accept wire transfers through a bank account operated by a company called Laboral Kuxta. This raises questions about the effectiveness of measures in preventing financial support from reaching terrorist-linked\u200c organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it is\u200b important to acknowledge that the Union of Agricultural Work Committees remains adamant \u200dabout \u2063its independence from\u200c the PFLP. However, \u200creports from 2018 indicate that major credit \u200bcard companies such as Visa, Mastercard, and American Express \u200chave already prohibited the UAWC from using their services, citing\u2063 concerns about\u200c its affiliations.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the case of the Gaza fundraiser linked to a terrorist group\u200d losing credit card donations highlights the increased pressure \u200bon payment processors to distance themselves from any association, either direct or indirect, with terrorist organizations. The actions taken by Stripe and PayPal demonstrate the commitment of these companies to ensuring that their services\u2062 are not utilized \u2064to\u200c support terrorism. Nonetheless, concerns persist about\u200c the efficacy of these measures, as evidenced by Bizilur&#8217;s ability to continue receiving financial \u200csupport through alternative means. It \u2064is imperative for\u2064 stakeholders to continue working \u2062together to strengthen financial regulations and\u200b prevent \u2063the flow of funds to terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Gaza fundraiser linked to an Israeli-designated terrorist group cannot accept credit card donations anymore due to Washington Examiner reports. Stripe, the credit card processor, faced criticism from Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), for enabling the Spanish Bizilur to use its services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2116002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}