Appendix I
A memorandum and accompanying documents from Rashid Abu Shbak, head of Palestinian Preventive Security in Gaza, to Arafat about the activities of the Union of Good, presented as one of the organizations supporting Hamas.
Document No. 1
The Palestinian National Authority
Preventive Security
Gaza Strip
September 2, 2002
To: His honor the President [Arafat], the Commander in Chief,
Greeting of the homeland,
To the matter at hand:
In re: The visit of [a delegation from] the Jordanian [office of the] Union of Good at the Islamic societies in Yemen.
I would like to inform you that on June 13, 2002, a delegation from the Jordanian [office of the] Union of Good visited the Islamic societies in Yemen. The delegation included [Hamas-affiliated] ‘Essam Yussuf, the Union’s operational director [a post he still holds, January 2005]; Jihad Suwayilim, assistant director; Murad al-‘Adh’ilah, member [of the UG; Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood activist in Jordan, chairman of the Islamic Charity Committee for the Support of the Palestinian People].
The delegation met with Dr. Munir Sa’ad [Hamas activist]; Dr. Muhammad Siyam [Hamas representative in Yemen]; Omar al-Astal, from Hamas headquarters; Sheikh ‘Abdallah al-Ahmar [chairman of the Yemeni Parliament], founder of the Society for the Support of Al-Aqsa [Yemen’s representative on the UG’s board of directors]; Sheikh Muhammad Mu’ayyad, chairman of the Society; and ‘Ali Muqbil al-Jawabirah, the Union’s director-general [Hamas activist in Yemen]. In addition, they met members of the Yemeni Reform [political] Party, [although] not with important Yemeni political figures.
This Union [of Good] is considered – with regard to material support – one of the biggest Hamas supporters [sentence emphasized in the original].
[Anticipating your] instructions,
[Signed] Your brother, Rashid Abu Shbak [head of Palestinian Preventive Security in Gaza]
Notes :
1. This document was accompanied by a letter from the head of the Palestinian Preventive Security’s external activities administration to Rashid Abu Shbak which contained exactly the same details. The letter sent by Abu Shbak to Arafat quoted the one he had received.
2. The file also contained fax messages sent in August 2002 with information about the activities of the UG, Islamic charitable societies and contributions sent to the Palestinian people.
Document No. 1
Document No. 2
Union of Good documents accompanying the Palestinian Preventive Security memorandum
Document No. 2
Translation
[The fax identifier reads “The President, Telephone 241518, August 22, 2002, p. 8, 12:13]
The Union of Good
The Hundred and One Day fund-raising drive to alleviate the distress of the Palestinian people and support for its firm resistance
The overall yield [of the fundraising drive]
The overall yield of the Union of Good – the One Hundred and One Day Drive:
Area |
Amount received ($) |
Number of workers/activists1 |
Northern [West] Bank |
1,848,071 |
1080 |
Southern [West] Bank |
2,295,019 |
2500 |
Central [West] Bank |
1,726,202 |
1860 |
Area 48 [within Israel’s pre-1967 borders] |
190,000 |
246 |
The Gaza Strip |
1,918,835 |
2320 |
Total |
8,078,917 [sic] |
9006 [sic] |
Overall yield for the Union of Good’s first [illegible] fundraising drive:
Area |
Amount received ($) |
|
Northern [West] Bank |
2,832,500 |
|
Southern [West] Bank |
2,855,199 |
|
Central [West] Bank |
1,683,498 |
|
Area 48 [within Israel’s pre-1967 borders] |
191,333 |
|
The Gaza Strip |
4,576,865 |
|
Total |
13,129,394 [sic] |
|
Overall yield for the Union of Good’s fundraising drive for solidarity and hope:
Area |
Amount received ($) |
|
Northern [West] Bank |
894,142 |
|
Southern [West] Bank |
404,596 |
|
Central [West] Bank |
310,264 |
|
Area 48 [within Israel ’s pre-1967 borders] |
1,073,040 |
|
The Gaza Strip |
449,965 |
|
Total |
3,432,007 [sic] |
|
1. Note: Apparently a reference to charitable society activists who collected contributions for the Union of Good.
Document No. 2
Original Document
