Thousands Donate Cash, Jewelry for Hamas
From Times Wire Reports/Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2006
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.
