GAZANS RETURNING FROM HAJ SMUGGLE IN $100M FOR HAMAS

Gazans Returning from Haj Smuggled In $100 Million for Hamas - Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravid
Hamas smuggled $100 million into Gaza in recent weeks, Israel Security Agency head Yuval Diskin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Sunday. Hundreds of Gazans returning from the haj in Mecca were allowed direct entry via Egypt, contrary to an earlier agreement with Israel, which insisted that they must cross through Israeli-controlled checkpoints. "The money that was smuggled is not being distributed to the residents, but is being used by Hamas people only," he said. (Ha'aretz)

NO ACT OF ISRAELI GOODWILL GOES UNPUNISHED BY ITS ENEMIES.

Travel Permits to Gazans for Medical Care Up 50 Percent - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
More than 7,000 Palestinians were allowed to travel to hospitals in Israel and the West Bank in 2007 - an increase of 50% over 2006, the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration reported Sunday. Close to 8,000 more Palestinians were allowed to accompany them.