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Thousands Donate Cash, Jewelry for Hamas

THE WORLD | IN BRIEF / MIDDLE EAST

May 13, 2006|From Times Wire Reports

About 5,000 Hamas supporters gathered in the West Bank city of Nablus to donate money and jewelry to their cash-strapped Palestinian government.

Israel has halted tax transfers and the West has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in aid since Hamas won elections.

Several women put jewelry in a collection plate. A group of gunmen from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades donated $22.

A telethon received pledges from as far as Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Officials did not say how much they raised, but it was a fraction of the millions needed.

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