The infamous supporter of Palestinian suicide bombings, Egyptian-born Sheikh Yousuf Qaradawi, allocated $21 million to a Hamas "charity" to buy land Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, for a Palestinian to sell his land or to a Jew is a criminal offense punished by death, according to the Palestinian law.
Meanwhile, for a Palestinian to sell his land or to a Jew is a criminal offense punished by death, according to the Palestinian law.
(Haaretz) Qatar-based Sheikh Yousuf Qaradawi has allocated $21 million to a charity funded by Hamas to allow the Palestinian group to buy land and set up infrastructure in Jerusalem, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said on Sunday.
Qaradawi, an 82-year-old Egyptian-born Muslim scholar with strong links to the Muslim Brotherhood, is a keen supporter of suicide bombings in Israel, which he describes as "martyrdom operations.
Abbas aide Rafiq Husseini dismissed the report. "We wish there was Arab money to buy threatened houses," he told The Associated Press, "but that's not the case." Qaradawi could not be reached for comment.
Diskin made the comments during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. He also told the ministers that the Palestinian Authority and its security forces have been working actively to thwart the sale of Palestinian land to Jews, particularly in East Jerusalem.
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