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          Israel: World Vision Manager in Gaza Funneled Money to Hamas

   by Associated Press

   Israel's internal security service says it has arrested a senior
   employee of international charity World Vision who it says funneled
   millions of dollars of the group's funds to Hamas.

   The Shin Bet says Thursday that it arrested Mohammed Halabi, a manager
   at World Vision in Gaza, in June. It says Halabi transferred up to $50
   million dollars over the years to Hamas, which rules Gaza.

   The Shin Bet says Hamas used the funds to build tunnels and military
   posts and to purchase arms.

   The agency says Halabi used a "systematic and sophisticated mechanism"
   to siphon off funds that included submitting inflated receipts and
   falsely listing Hamas operatives as workers on World Vision projects.

   It says World Vision humanitarian aid to Gaza was largely diverted to
   Hamas operatives and their families.
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