Cleared charity under attack again
7th January 2006, 11:32 am
Interpal, a registered charity based in London which has aims around aiding Palestinians, is under attack again.
It has been cleared by two investigations by the Charity Commission on whether it provided money to terrorist organisations, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews has recently withdrawn website claims linking Interpal to terrorism, under threat of libel action. But it a designation preventing US citizens having anything to do with it still stands, and now its banker, NatWest is being sued in the States in that it “knowingly collected, provided, and transmitted money and financial services to Hamas” and cites several atrocities which the group has claimed responsibility for.
No doubt more controversy is being stirred by George Galloway nominating Interpal for his Big Brother money.
See various newspaper reports etc for more e.g. Telegraph: Telegraph | Money | Terror victims target NatWest over Galloway’s chosen charity.