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| Founded | November 1994 |
|---|---|
| Type | Humanitarian |
| Focus | Medical, Education and Community |
| Location |
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Area served | Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon[1] |
| Method | Direct Aid / Program Funding |
Key people | Ibrahim Hewitt |
Revenue | £5,335,082 (2010) |
| Website | www.interpal.org |
Interpal is the working name for Palestinian Relief and Development Fund, a British charity founded in 1994 that describes itself as a non-political charity to alleviate problems faced by Palestinians, and focused solely on the provision of relief and development aid to the poor and needy Palestinians the world over, but primarily in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Jordan.
The US government has alleged that Interpal is funding or supporting terrorism, and American citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from doing business with them because of a listing as a Specially Designated Nationals in 2003.[2]
The UK Charity Commission has conducted three inquiries into Interpal and each inquiry has cleared it of wrongdoing and misuse of funds. In 2009, Interpal was ordered by the Charity Commission to end its links with Union of Good, which had been designated by the U.S. Treasury as “an organisation created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to the terrorist organisation.”[3] By 2012, the Commission reported that Interpal had complied with the order. The High Court in London in July 2010 found it libellous to state that Interpal supported Hamas.[4][5]
- ^ "about us". Interpal.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Designated on 08-21-03, Interpal Archived 2013-02-28 at the Wayback Machine US Department of the Treasury.
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- ^ Dominic Ponsford (22 July 2010). "Express pays out £60k over charity terrorism-links claim". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011.