Appendix D

A Palestinian Preventive Security document about the structure, objectives and sources of funding of the Bethlehem Orphan Care Society

Translation

[Handwritten additions:

1. Sent (or, “should be sent) to Jericho.
2. [This document] is to be put into the Society’s file

[i.e., the file on the Bethlehem Orphan Care Society]

Palestinian National Authority

[PA emblem]

 

Preventive Security Headquarters

 

 

The Bethlehem Office

 

 

[Handwritten additions:
Important and immediate [missing] the political [missing]
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[Note: the document is undated]
In the name of Allah the all-merciful

[To:] The honorable brother, Col. Jibril al-Rajoub [at that time head of PPS for the West Bank], may Allah preserve him
Blessings of the homeland

To the matter at hand,
In re: [ Bethlehem] Orphan Care Society

Founded : 1997.
Type of activity or service the institution offers : Sponsorship of orphans. Type of activity or service the institution offers : Sponsorship of orphans.
Type of public profiting from services: widows, orphans and families of imprisoned Hamas movement members .
Name of senior individual responsible for the institution and job description : Nasri Mousa ‘Issa ‘Abadah, Society directory
Telephone and fax numbers of the institution : Bethlehem, 2742580.
Institution’s address : Bethlehem, Salah al-Din mosque.
Dues [paid] for services : Orphans exempt, nominal dues for non-orphan members registering at Al-Mal center for cultural activities.
Institution’s objective : Charity
Registration date : 1.1.1997
Body issuing registration : The Ministry of Social Affairs / Charitable Society department.
Names of [members of] institution’s administrative authority who also work there :

Full name

Formal education

Role

Residence

Affiliation

Nasri Mousa ‘Issa ‘Abadah

11 years

Director

Bethlehem

Hamas

Ahmad Muhammad ‘Abdallah al-Sharuf

8 years

Asst. Director

 

 

Yussuf Sa’id ‘Assad al-Natsheh

BA in biology

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Khasr Yussuf Muhammad Juma’

MA in English

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Ismail ‘Oud ‘Awidah ‘Abbiyat

None

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Salah Yussuf Muhammad Jubran

11 years

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Khalil ‘Ali Rashed Dar Rashed

9 years

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Sh’aban Muhammad Salem Abu al-Tin

Diploma in mechanics

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Hussein Ahmad Hussein Mousa

BA in geology

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Muhammad N’aman Yussuf Qaraqi

BA in Arabic

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Ahmad ‘Issa Muhammad Jawarish

Diploma as X-ray technician

Member

Bethlehem

Hamas

Institution’s structural organization : Orphans’ wing; Al- Mal Center wing, where educational, cultural, professional and entertainment activities are held. Payment of 30 [Jordanian] dinars [about $42] per student paid [by those] who are not orphans. Exempt from payment: orphans registered with the Society. Third wing: new hearse, 1997 model, for transporting bodies.
Objectives of the institution: To care for orphans and the children of Hamas members who are imprisoned and shaheeds .
Institution’s bank account numbers: The Society does not have a specific bank account number. A thorough investigation revealed that some of the Society’s employees have accounts at various banks in the district, e.g.: Ahmad al-Sharuf, Yussuf al-Natsheh, Hussein Mousa, Muhammad Qaraqi and Khalil Rashed.
The institution’s sources of finances : This institution finances itself by collecting donations where it can, general charity donations, contributions [given as] charity on the occasion of [Eid] al-Fitr [the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan] and [contributions given to fund the purchase of] meat rations for the Feast of the Sacrifice for the Society.
Aspects of allotments : [The allotment is given] to orphans and the children of prisoners [who are members of] Hamas.

Note : The amount of money in the Society’s possession is [currently] unknown. At a later date we will provide you with [details about] the sums [of its deposits in accounts] in the various banks.

For your information and perusal
Yours sincerely,
The Political Security Department, Bethlehem Directorate
[Signature] Lieut.-Col. Majed Faraj [Commander of the PPS, Bethlehem]


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