Documents Captured by the IDF: Saudi Arabia finances terror activities

1. During Operation Defensive Shield Saudi Arabian and Palestinian documents were captured, which indicate the systematic and ongoing transfer of large sums of money to the Palestinians by official Saudi institutions for "supporting the Intifada". Among the various institutions, "the Saudi Committee for Support of the Intifada Al Quds" headed by the Saudi Interior Minister stands out.

2. The captured documents demonstrate that the Saudi support was not only of a humanitarian religious nature, as Saudi spokesmen in the U.S. claim. The documents clearly reveal that Saudi Arabia transferred, inter alia, large sums of money in a systematic and ongoing manner to families of suicide terrorists, to the Hamas Organization (on the U.S. list of terror organizations) and to persons and entities identified with the Hamas. According to the captured documents, the Saudi Committee for Support of the Intifada was aware that the funds it transferred were paid to families of terrorists who perpetrated murderous attacks in Israeli cities, in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and wounded. An American woman was also killed in one of these attacks.

3. There are three main implications of the transfer of funds by Saudi Arabia to the Palestinians.

a. The encouragement of terror attacks, including suicide attacks. The family of a dead terrorist receives a one-time grant from Iraq and Saudi Arabia (the two Arab states leading the effort to support the families of dead terrorists) and from other Arab states, amounting, in our assessment, to a sum earned in about 6 years of work. In addition, the Saudis provide aid to families of imprisoned and wounded terrorists. All this considerably increases the motivation to perpetrate terror attacks, including suicide attacks.

b. Strengthening of the Hamas terror-attack apparatus. From the perspective of the Hamas movement, the contributions received from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States constitute the main part of its budget, including the budget of its operational apparatus. It can be assumed that some of the money transferred to Hamas (and to charity institutions affiliated with the Hamas) have "trickled" into the Hamas military operational apparatus ("Iz Al-Din Al Qassam") and were used to finance its terrorist activities. It is of note that various documents regarding the Hamas operational disposition (including posters of suicide terrorists) were found on the premises of the Tulkarm "Charity Committee" (where the Saudi aid committee documents were found).

c. Strengthening the Hamas' status among the Palestinian population and weakening the Palestinian Authority. The aid funds that were transferred by Saudi Arabia and by Islamic institutions from around the world (including those identified with radical Islam) were in many instances funneled to the Hamas and entities supporting it. The local Palestinian population identified these funds with the Hamas movement and with the widespread system of welfare and charity institutions under its control. The captured documents point to the fact that attempts by Arafat and the PA in the first months of the "Intifada" to change this problematic situation (including by a personal request of Arafat to senior Saudi Arabian officials who supervise money transfers) were in vain.

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1. During Operation Defensive Shield captured documents were found of Saudi Arabian and Palestinian origin which describe the systematic and ongoing transfer of large sums of money to the PA areas by Saudi Arabian institutions and associations for "support of the Intifada". These sums are transferred for various purposes: support for families of those killed in the Intifada, including to families of suicide terrorists killed during attacks; support for families of imprisoned terrorists; aid for medical care of wounded terrorists; various projects, occasionally of a political nature such as renovation of the Cave of the Patriarchs and nearby houses, or rehabilitation of houses in the old city of Jerusalem.

2. On the face of it, this looks like Saudi Arabian aid of a religious humanitarian nature, as Saudi Arabian spokesmen in the US claim. However, the captured documents reveal another side to the Saudi aid: from the documents it is clear that these funds served, inter alia, for supporting terrorist organizations and for encouraging the violence carried out in the PA areas since September 2000. In this framework the Saudis transferred funds to the Hamas Organization (on the US list of terror organizations), to entities and persons identified with it, to other radical groups in the PA areas and to families of suicide terrorists who carried out murderous attacks in Israeli densely populated areas.

Among the Saudi Arabian institutions and organizations involved in transferring funds for "aid to the Intifada", of note is the place of the "Saudi Arabian Committee for Support of the Intifada al Quds", headed by Saudi Interior Minister, the Emir Naif Ibn Abed al Aziz. This committee, according to the captured documents, transferred large sums of money to families of Palestinians who died in violent events, including notorious terrorists who masterminded and directed murderous attacks in Israel or who carried out attacks in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and wounded. The captured documents reveal that the Saudi committee was well aware of which families received the aid funds, and in some cases also of the circumstances under which the suicide terrorists met their death. This, in our assessment according to the information they received from Islamic entities in the PA areas, including from the "Charity Committee" of Tulkarm, which is identified with the Hamas (where the Saudi documents were found, including tables of the Saudi Arabian committee with details of the money transfer cycles to the families of those killed in the Intifada).

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The main implications of the transfer of large sums of money with no effective supervision to terrorist organizations, the persons and entities affiliated with these organizations, and to families of terrorists are threefold:

Terror activities, including suicide attacks engender handsome rewards for the dead terrorists' families, from Arab states who compete between them in this regard. Of note among these states is Iraq (first place) and Saudi Arabia (second place). According to our calculations, the family of a Palestinian killed in the Intifada receives a lump sum in aid from Arab states and the PA which is the equivalent of 6 years average salary (see Appendix F). It is known that in addition to the lump sum, the Saudis also give the families of killed terrorists ongoing financial aid, and they also help families of the imprisoned and wounded (for example, in captured documents appears a list of 500 prisoners bearing the logo of the Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds). A terrorist who sets out to carry out attacks knows that his family will receive large sums of money in the event of his death, injury or detention. This undoubtedly increases the motivation of terrorists sent to carry out terror attacks and encourages the suicide attacks phenomenon

It can be assumed that some of the funds that were transferred to the Hamas or entities linked to it also "trickled" to the Hamas operational-military apparatus ("Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions") and were used for funding military activity and terrorist attacks. It is of note in this connection that during Operation Defensive Shield, large quantities of documents belonging to the Hamas and its operational wing, the "Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions" were found in the Tulkarm "Charity Committee" which has ties with the Saudi committee. These documents included incitement to carry out Jihad and terrorism, encouragement of suicide attacks and photos of suicide terrorists (for example, a leaflet of the "Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions" claiming responsibility for the murder of Israeli civilians at the Park Hotel, Netanya on Passover Eve; or an excerpt from the will of Dr. Abdallah Azam, the spiritual mentor and good friend of Usama Bin Laden, who preaches for Jihad and whose goal is to destroy all the "idol worshippers, heretics and wicked".

Strengthening the Hamas' status among the Palestinian population and weakening the Palestinian Authority

The aid funds that were transferred by the Saudi committee and by Islamic institutions from around the world (including those identified with radical Islam) were in many instances funneled to institutions and persons identified with the Hamas (including the Tulkarm "Charity Committee"). The local Palestinian population identified these aid funds with the Hamas movement and with the widespread system of welfare and charity institutions under its control. This increased the popular support for the Hamas movement, weakened the political and popular power and status of the PA and created a socio-economic infrastructure for the Hamas upon which it built its operational attacks apparatus.

The captured documents show that the PA and Arafat at its head were well aware of these negative implications, and they were especially concerned with the strengthening of the status of the Hamas vis-a-vis the PA. The PA attempts in the first months of the "Intifada" to urge the Saudis to send this aid via the PA (see Appendix E) were unsuccessful since the Saudis, for their own reasons, preferred to send the funds to Islamic entities, and mainly those identified with the Hamas. At the same time, the security apparatuses of the PA and the "Ministry of Holy Places" subordinate to it did not act in an effective manner in order to supervise the transfer of money to the "charity committees" and to additional bodies identified with the Hamas and with radical Islam. This, in our view, due to apprehension of public criticism and due to the budgetary limitations which prevented the PA from providing suitable alternatives to the large sums of money funneled to Hamas and entities identified with it.

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1. The captured documents regarding Saudi aid to terrorism examined in this report are divided into two groups:

a. Saudi documents, including those of the "Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds" which concern the transfer of funds to Islamic institutions in the PA, mainly those identified with the Hamas and to families of those killed during the Intifada, included terrorists killed in suicide and murderous attacks.

b. Palestinian documents - Reports of Palestinian security apparatuses on the transfer of money and documents concerning unsuccessful PA attempts to contend with the problems regarding the transfer of Saudi funds to Hamas and additional radical elements.

2. Below is a general characterization of two Saudi documents examined in this report (for analysis of the documents, their translation and copies, please see the appendices):

a. Captured Document 1 - The Tulkarm "Charity Committee" was found in possession of tables detailing payment cycles, including the tenth cycle of payments to families of persons killed in the Intifada in the West Bank. The document of the tenth cycle of payments was found in the computer of the Tulkarm "Charity Committee" (in a "payments" file dated 17 March 2002). The "logo" which appears in the tables is of the "Saudi Arab Kingdom, the Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds". In the tenth cycle of payments, the Saudis paid 2,040,000 Riyal (about $545,000) to 102 families of those who died during the Intifada. The list includes names of terrorists who carried out murderous suicide attacks in Israeli populated centers and were responsible for the death and wounding of hundreds of Israelis. Each family whose son was killed received 20,000 Riyal ($5,340). The money was transferred to families of terrorists killed in the PA areas through the Arab Bank in Tulkarm and was handed over to beneficiaries whose names and ID number are mentioned in the table.

b. Captured Document 2 - A letter addressed to the "Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds", to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the "Psychological and Social Research Center for the Wounded Palestinian". In the letter, the Saudis complain of a report published in "Al Hayyat Al Jedida" (a PA publication) on 18 February 2002. In the article, the Palestinian Center declared that it is working in cooperation with the Saudi committee and that the families of terrorists killed will be able to receive appropriations in Arab Bank branches (the relevant article from the paper was attached to the letter). This public exposure of money transfers apparently embarrassed the Saudis since they informed in a letter to the Palestinian association that the committee's regulations prohibits publications in its name without written approval or official appointment. The letter is signed by Dr. Walid Bin Abed Al-Razak Al-Dali, the general secretary of the Saudi committee.

3. Below is a general characterization of the Palestinian documents (please see the appendices for copies of these documents and their translation):

a. Captured Document 3 - A memorandum sent by the Preventive Security Apparatus HQ in Bethlehem on 15 February 2001. The memorandum notes that during January, Saudi Arabia transferred aid to Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. The Saudis refused to transfer the aid via the PA, fearing that these funds will not reach the prisoners. The money was sent to the Hamas who paid only its own leaders and hid the rest of the money. Only after the exposure of the affair in Megiddo prison, since some prisoners received money and others did not, was the Hamas forced to pay all prisoners from all the organizations.

b. Captured Document 4 - A memorandum sent by the Preventive Security Apparatus HQ in Bethlehem on 7 May 2000. The memorandum concerns the financial sources of the PIJ in Bethlehem. According to the document, there are two channels for transferring money to the PIJ in the Bethlehem area: one originates in Damascus, passes through Jordan before arriving to the Cairo-Amman Bank. The second begins in Saudi Arabia, passes through Egypt and arrived to the PA also via the Cairo-Amman Bank. According to the memorandum, this money arrives on a regular monthly basis.

c. Captured Document 5 - Correspondence comprising five documents between the PA and the Saudis during the first months of the Intifada (December 2000 - January 2001). In these documents, Arafat complains about the fact that the Saudi aid is not transferred to the PA areas via the PA, and it does not reach the Fatah, but is given to Hamas and radical Islamic groups associated with Hamas, thus weakening the PA. The documents concern discussions held in Riyadh between the Palestinians and the Saudis on this issue. In hindsight, it can be stated that Arafat failed in his attempt to persuade the Saudis to channel the financial aid via the PA, and the phenomenon of transferring Saudi funds to Hamas elements continued and continues until the present day.

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Analysis of the Captured Documents: The Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds

1. The "Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds" is a Saudi body established in order to assist the Palestinians after the outbreak of the violent confrontation in September 2000. The "committee" operates under the full patronage of the Saudi regime, and is headed by the Saudi Interior Minister, Emir Naef Ibn Abed Al Aziz. Prior to IDF Operation Defensive Shield, the committee transferred to the PA areas, according to its declarations, $55.7 million. A significant part of the committee's contributions is not devoted to aid the general needy population, but is openly transferred to families of persons killed in the Intifada including - according to captured documents - families of notorious terrorists killed in murderous suicide attacks against Israel.

2. It is recalled that Saudi Arabia recently collected a sum of $109.56 million (according to the internet site of the Saudi Embassy in Washington) during a "telethon" to raise money for the "Palestinian victims". Most of the activities held in the framework of the "telethon" were directed by the "Saudi Committee for Support of the Intifada" which channeled a large part of the donations to itself.

3. The Arab Bank appears in the captured documents as a financial institution through which the money transfers of the Saudi committee is carried out. The Saudi financial support of terrorist families in the Tulkarm area was transferred via the local Arab Bank branch. The Tulkarm "Charity Committee" (identified with the Hamas) has a number of accounts in this branch (for example, account no. 9070-500010-6/500) where contributions from Islamic associations from around the world are deposited.

4. According to the captured documents, money from Islamic associations from around the world was deposited in the bank accounts of the Tulkarm "Charity Committee", including groups identified with radical Islam such as: "the Coalition of Benevolence" ("A'atalef Al-Khir") headed by Sheikh Yousef Kardawi who lives in Qatar (see below) or the "Holy Land Foundation for Assistance and Development" in the United States which was made illegal there. A title of one of the captured documents is: "The aid project for Palestinian families, the coalition of benevolence - financing of the Saudi committee for support of the Intifada Al Aqsa, in cooperation with the Tulkarm "Charity Committee". The document includes details of 89 families (apparently a project of the Saudi committee in cooperation with the "Charity Committee" which the Coalition of Benevolence has decided to assist).

Persons and entities associated with the Hamas and with Radical Islam are the main beneficiaries of the funds of the Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada Al Aqsa

5. According to the captured documents, the Saudi committee does not transfer its financial aid via the PA but it operated via charity committees and Islamic charity bodies which are mostly identified with Hamas. The Al Salah Association in Gaza (mentioned in one of the captured documents) and the Islamic Association in Hebron, two of the largest Hamas institutions in the PA areas play a prominent role in channeling the money. Prominent Hamas activists such as Ahmed Al Kared in the Gaza Strip and Nabil Naim Al Natse in the West Bank, are senior members in the committees and hold ties with the Saudi committee. (See Appendix E for a list of Islamic institutions identified with the Hamas, to which Saudi financial aid is transferred.)

6. The "Coalition of Benevolence" ("A'atalef Al-Khir") which assists the "charity committees" and is in contact with the Saudi committee constitutes a money raising project for the PA areas in cooperation with Hamas. It operates a network of Islamic and Pro-Palestinian organizations around the world, it is headed by Sheikh Yousef Kardawi, a radical Moslem cleric who was born in Egypt and emigrated to Qatar. In the past he made statements in favor of terrorist attacks against Israel, he issued a Fatwa permitting suicide attacks by women; he is a world leader in religious incitement against Israel, he preaches against the US and calls for the boycott of American products.

7. The "charity committees" in the PA areas which operate an extensive welfare and care network which assists the wounded, people under arrest and families of killed Palestinians are ostensibly under the supervision of the Ministry of Holy Places and the Palestinian Security Apparatuses subordinate to the PA. However, in practice, the PA supervision over these committees is ineffective and it seems that the committees use the financial aid which they receive as they wish and any PA attempts to alter this problematic situation have failed.

8. Documents captured during the Defensive Shield operation show that the PA tried to clarify to the Saudi government the negative implications in its view of the directing of aid funds to the Hamas and radical Islamic elements. Arafat personally approached senior Saudi officials involved in the transfer of funds to the PA areas. However, in retrospect, it can be stated that these requests did not succeed since the Saudis, for their own reasons (apprehension of PA corruption, hostility to Arafat, ideological proximity to Hamas) preferred to transfer the money to Hamas and additional Islamic organizations.

The Tulkarm Charity Committee: An entity identified with Hamas, which is also connected to the Hamas terrorist-operational apparatus

9. The Tulkarm Charity Committee where documents of the Saudi Committee for Support of the Intifada Al Aqsa were found, is identified as one of the power centers of the Hamas in Tulkarm. It is headed by Husseini Hussein Hawaja who is known to be a Hamas activist (born in 1928, originates from Dannaba near Tulkarm; he was a school principle, a teacher and a businessman). Additional Hamas activists are also members of the committee.

10. It is emphasized that on the surface, the committee carries out wide-ranging social-religious-economic activity. It operates two large centers for the study of the Koran, hospitals, clinics, a beehive project, sewing factories, elementary school and a kindergarten. It owns a residential building with some units rented out to the needy. However, it is known and clearly proven by the material captured in the Tulkarm Charity Committee offices, that the committee also has ties with the operational apparatus of the Hamas which recruits youths in order to perpetrate suicide attacks and is engaged in carrying out terrorist attacks. Thus, for example, the following were found in the offices: a. A large poster with the photo of Abed Al-Basat Muhammad Ouda, the perpetrator of the Park Hotel attack on Passover Eve in Netanya. The poster is of the Hamas Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions in Tulkarm. Another of their posters concerning the Park Hotel attack was found in the Zeid mosque in Tulkarm. b. A leaflet displayed in a mosque with the words of the mother of the suicide terrorist, Muhammad Fathi Farhat from 10 March 2002. The mother encourages the acts of suicide bombers and calls for the women of Palestine not to save their sons from Holy Death and Jihad (note: Muhammad Farahat from Saja'iya in the Gaza Strip was killed during a suicide attack in Atzmona on 7 March 2002. He infiltrated into a settlement, fired at Israeli teenagers studying in a pre-army boarding school and killed 5 boys and wounded 24. c. Encouragement cards for youths from the Islamic movement in Tulkarm. These cards contain a call for executing suicide attacks in order to expel the enemy from the lands. d. Material regarding the Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions: Details on attacks perpetrated, "Al-Qassam posters", photos of Martyrs (Shahids), quotes from the "engineer" Yihie Ayyash. e. Posters, leaflets and quotes by Sheikh Dr. Abdallah Azam, the spiritual mentor and close friend of Usama Bin Laden (see Appendix H for an excerpt from Azam's will).

Ties between the Tulkarm Charity Committee (identified with Hamas) and the Holy Land Foundation in the U.S. (which was declared illegal)

11. According to captured documents, the Tulkarm "Charity Committee" received money from many organizations and institutions in Arab states and around the world, some of which are identified with radical Islam. This includes the Holy Land Foundation (HLFRD) which was declared illegal in the US and is currently awaiting an appeal in the US Supreme Court.

12. According to documents captured in the "Charity Committee" offices, the committee held extensive correspondence with the Holy Land Foundation regarding contributions and participation of the Holy Land Foundation in projects (such as support of orphans, participation in setting up a "Popular Consumers Fund"; assistance to needy families, to students and others). The funds were transferred to the bank accounts of the "charity committees" in the Arab Bank in Tulkarm.

13. It is of note that the Tulkarm "Charity Committee" was mentioned in a US State Department report from 15 November 2001 published by the assistant director of the counter-terrorism division (Mr. Dale L. Watson) in the US State Department as one of the Hamas bodies which were assisted by the Holy Land Foundation. The report notes that the Government of Israel reported that the committee supports Hamas activities and its activists are identified with the Hamas.

The tenth payment cycle transferred by the Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada Al Quds

1. In the "Tulkarm Charity Committee" (identified with the Hamas) were found tables listing four payment cycles made by "the Saudi Committee for Support of Intifada al Quds" for the Intifada victims: first (50 names); second (132 names); third (we have one page containing 22 names - there may be more pages) and tenth (102 names).

2. The table pertaining to the 10th cycle includes the names of 102 people who died in the Intifada during 2000-2001 (most in 2001), arranged in the following columns: serial number; the beneficiary's form number; name of the victim; age; date of death; address; area of residence; manner of death; the bank [via which the Saudi money is transferred]; name of the beneficiary; ID [of the beneficiary]; the payment cycle [10th cycle in all rows]; sum [20,000 Riyal in each row, 2,040,000 Riyal total].

3. Of the names appearing in these payment cycles, the 10th cycle - found in the computer of the "Tulkarm Charity Committee" (17 March 2002) - was examined.

4. Of the 102 names included in the table, we chose to describe 36 notorious terrorists, in two groups: first, 8 terrorists which Saudi table explicitly mentions that they were killed while carrying out suicide operations ("Amaliah Istishadiah" in the original) and in several cases citing the place where the suicide attack was carried out ("the suicide attack in Afula", for instance). This is of importance since it proves that the Saudis were well aware to which families their aid money was transferred. The second group is of 28 terrorists, including notorious activists who took part in directing and perpetrating terror and murder attacks.

5. The following 8 terrorists were mentioned in the Saudi table as perpetrators of "suicide operations (marked yellow in the Arabic original):

1) Abd al Fatah Muhammad Muslah Rashed (number 15 in the table). Born in Tulkarm, served as a police officer in the Palestinian Authority. At the end of the 1980s he was a Fatah activist who participated in attacks against Palestinian collaborators and in the kidnapping of a Jew in Tulkarm. He later joined the PIJ. On 9 September 2001, he carried out a suicide attack in Bet Lid Junction, where a car bomb wounded 8 Israelis. The PIJ claimed responsibility for the attack.
2)Abd al Karim Omar Muhammad Abu Na'asah (number 17 in the table, cited in the table as perpetrator of "a suicide operation in Afula"). Born in Jenin, in the past served as a Policeman in the Palestinian Police in Jenin. An activist of Fatah / Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, directed by the Fatah senior leadership (Abd al Karim Aweis). He was recruited for the Afula suicide attack by Haj Ali Safuri, commander of the PIJ military-security apparatus in Jenin. (Note: according to captured documents, the expenses of this suicide attack were paid for by the PIJ Secretary, Dr. Ramadan Shalah, who resides in Damascus, from where he directs his organization's terrorist attacks against Israel). The attack was carried out in the city market in Afula on 27 November 2001. 2 Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 50 were wounded, 9 severely. Responsibility for the attack was claimed jointly by the PIJ and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

2) Mustafa Faisal Mustafa Abu Sariah (number 77 in the table, perpetrated "a suicide operation in Afula" according to the table). Served in the General Intelligence Apparatus in Jenin. A PIJ activist. He carried out the suicide attack in the Afula market on 27 November 2001 along with Abd al Karim Abu Muhammad Abu Na'asah (above).

3) Ali Ibrahim Abd Al Rahman Al Julani (number 26 in the table). Resident of Qalandiya. A Fatah activist; he carried out a drive-by shooting attack in the heart of Tel Aviv, near the IDF GHQ, on 5 August 2001. In the attack, 10 Israeli soldiers were wounded. Responsibility was claimed jointly by the "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades" and "Battalions of the Return" (identified with the Fatah).

5) Mued Mahmud Ayadah Salah al Din (number 49 in the table), a Hamas activist. He was a student at Bir Zeit University and later at Al-Najah University (institutions where the fundamentalist Islamic movements have considerable influence). He carried out a suicide attack in Baq'a al Sharqiya on 8 November 2001. He blew himself up next to a border guard force approaching to arrest him en route to a suicide attack inside Israel. As a result, two Israeli border guard policemen were lightly wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

6) Nidal Thayssir Shhadeh Jibali (number 87 in the table). He used to serve in the Palestinian National Security Apparatus. He carried out a shooting attack in Hadera on 28 October 2001 with another terrorist. As a result, 4 Israeli civilians were killed and 31 injured (3 severely). The PIJ claimed responsibility for the attack.
7) Natir Muhammad Mahmud Hamed (number 91 in the table). A Fatah activist from Jenin. He carried out a shooting attack at the Afula central bus station on 4 October 2001 (disguised as an IDF soldier). As a result, 3 Israelis were killed and 14 wounded. Apparently he was a Fatah member, although the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Hamas each claimed responsibility for the attack independently.
8) Nimer Muhammad Yussuf Abu Sayfin (number 92 in the table). He originated from Yamun (a village in the Jenin area). He perpetrated a suicide attack in Haifa (Checkpost Junction) on 9 December 2001. As a result 29 Israelis were wounded. The PIJ claimed responsibility for the attack.
6. The following 28 notorious terrorists were also mentioned in the Saudi table (marked pink in the Arabic original):
9) Mahmud Muhammad Ahmed Shuli Abu Hunud (number 68 in the table) commander of the Hamas military wing in the West Bank. Involved in suicide attacks in which dozens of Israelis were killed and hundreds wounded.
10) 'Atef Ahmed Salem Abayat (number 8 in the table). Senior terror activist in the Bethlehem area, belonged to the Fatah / Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He was involved in shooting attacks, explosive charges and mortar bomb firing (against the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem) that caused the death of 2 Israelis and wounding of 6.
11) Abd al Rahman Muhammad Said Hmed (number 14 in the table). Senior Hamas activist from Qalqilya. He was involved in suicide attacks in which 23 Israelis were killed and over 100 wounded, including the suicide attack next to a discotheque in the Tel Aviv 'Dolphinarium', 1 June 2001 (21 Israelis killed). 12) Amer Mansur Hassan al Hudairi (number 9 in the table). Senior Hamas activist from Tulkarm. He was involved in terror attacks in which 8 Israelis were killed and over 100 wounded.
13) Ma'amun Rashid Mahmud Hasha'ika (number 48 in the table). Senior Hamas operational activist from the Nablus area. Assisted senior terrorists including Mahmud Abu Hanud. Apparently involved in shooting and explosive charge attacks in the Nablus area.
14) Muhammad Ahmed Mahmad Basharat (number 53 in the table), PIJ activist. Among the heads of the PIJ operational infrastructure in the Jenin area.
15) Muhammad Yousef Muhammad Hmed Rayhan (number 66 in the table), operational Hamas activist in the Nablus area. Involved in the terrorist attack in Emmanuel (12 December 2001) in which 11 Israelis were killed.
16) Muhaned Raja'a Mahmud Abu al Hijaa (number 83 in the table). Operational Hamas activist and explosive charge manufacturer from Jenin. Killed by an explosive charge in a working accident.
17) Yasser Ahmed Ayoub Assidah (number 97 in the table). Operational Hamas activist from the Nablus area. Killed on his way to a suicide attack in Israel.
18) Wa'el Mutaleq Muhammad 'Assaf (number 94 in the table). One of the heads of the PIJ operational infrastructure in northern Samaria. Directed terrorist attacks inside Israel.
19) 'Isa Hassan al Khatib Abayat (number 35 in the table), Fatah activist, involved in shooting attacks in the Bethlehem area.
20) Firas Shahadah Salah Hamdan al-Salahat (number 41 in the table), Fatah activist. Killed during an attempt to fire mortar bombs at the Jerusalem Gilo neighborhood.
21) Nidal Abd al Karim Ali Sandaq (number 88 in the table). Fatah activist, involved in the production of explosive charges for a Fatah cell in Bethlehem. Killed during the production of an explosive charge.
22) Nidal Muhammad Sabhi Rashdi al-Fakhuri (number 89 in the table). Activist in both the Fatah and the PA Preventive Security Apparatus, involved in shooting attacks.
23) Wa'al Dif Allah 'Ismail al-Abayat (al-Nabahin) (number 93 in the table). Fatah activist, killed during an attempt to place an explosive charge directed against IDF forces in the Paradise Hotel, Bethlehem.
24) Ubeir Tawfiq Abdallah Hamdan (number 22 in the table). Fatah activist, planned to place an explosive charge in a restaurant in Netanya.
25) Akramah Muhammad Hadr Astiti (number 24 in the table). senior military activist in the Fatah cell in Jenin, involved in numerous explosive charge laying operations in the Jenin area.
26) Firas Sabri Fa'iz Ja'aber (number 42 in the table). Senior activist in the Fatah Tulkarm terror infrastructure. Participated in the murder of two Israeli restaurant owners in Tulkarm.
27) Majdi Musa Tayb Jaradat (number 51 in the table). Senior activist in the Fatah terror infrastructure in Jenin, involved in directing numerous shooting and explosive charge attacks in the Jenin area and Israel, including the murder of an Israeli in Wadi 'Ara.
28) Muhammad Sa'id Hanun Ghanem (number 59 in the table), Fatah activist.
29) Muhammad Marwah Ta'eh Ghanem (number 65 in the table), Fatah activist, served in the Palestinian Police.
30) Mamud Nawaf Hussein al Jilad (number 69 in the table), Fatah activist.
31) Mustafa 'Ahed Hassan 'Anbatz (number 74 in the table). Fatah activist, member in the squad of Ra'ad Karmi, senior terrorist in the Tulkarm Fatah cell.
32) Yasser Jumah Abd al Rahim Badwi (number 99 in the table). Senior Fatah activist from Nablus. Arms dealer.
33) Ya'aqub Fathi Rabi'a ad-Dakidak (number 100 in the table), senior Hamas operational activist from Hebron.
34) Yussef Muhammad Ahmed Abayat (number 102 in the table). PIJ activist, attempted to penetrate IDF position in Bethlehem.
35) Sufian Ahmed Tawfiq 'Aradah (number 1 in the table). PIJ activist in northern Samaria.
36) Mustafa Ali al-Ali al-Zubairi (number 76 in the table), the General Secretary of the PFLP / Habash.

7. It is of note that the table includes the names of Israeli Arabs (marked blue in the Arabic original): number 54 is an Israeli Arab citizen from Umm al-Fahm (Muhammad Ahmed Mahmud Eiq); number 32 is an Israeli Arab citizen from Nazareth (Omar Muhammad Ibrahim Akawi). They both died in the October 2000 violence. Their families, according to the Saudi document, therefore received an allowance from the Saudi committee which was part of the appropriations to the Intifada fatalities.

If I pay a man to kill someone, I am as guilty as the man who does the killing.

If the Saudis pay Hamas to kill Israeli civilians, they are just as guilty of terrorism as Hamas.

It's time that the Saudi royals are seen in this country as the miserable parasites that they are.

The internet is a wondrous thing. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can discover that the main benefactor to the Saudi telethon is Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. You’ll remember he is the prince to whom Rudy Giuliani returned a $10 million donation “after the prince suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East contributed to the September 11 attacks,” per CNN. Prince Alwaleed is described as “the single largest Arab investor in U.S. corporations, and Forbes magazine listed him as the sixth richest person in the world in 2001. A collaborative effort by TIME and CNN journalists in December named him among the 25 most influential global executives, defined as one of those few CEOs who "exert a broader, lasting influence - creating new industries and reshaping markets and leadership styles…. With approximately $16 billion in holdings, the Prince has major financial positions in some of the world's best known companies, including Citigroup, News Corp. (Fox), AOL Time Warner, Motorola, Four Seasons Hotel, Apple, Teledesic, Kodak, Euro Disney, and Planet Hollywood.” (Mideastinsight.org). He is the nephew of Saudi Arabia's current ruler, King Fahd Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud, and of Crown Prince Abdullah Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud.

There are quite a few powerful interests who would prefer not to have the Israelis expose Saudi Arabia as the mother of all terrorism.

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