Red Cross circumvents Israeli law barring prisoners from receiving rewards for terrorism, helping them fill out forms that provide access to payments.
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
The International Red Cross is helping terrorists jailed in Israel circumvent an Israeli law barring them from receiving stipends from the Palestinian Authority, according to a new report.
The report, produced by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) organization, presents evidence that the Red Cross enables the transfer of “pay for slay” funds to terrorist prisoners in Israeli jails.
Despite denials from The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC), the PMW expose presents statements from Palestinian officials that prove the central role the Red Cross plays in the transfer of funds to terrorists.
红十字会规避以色列禁止囚犯因恐怖主义而获得奖励的法律，帮助他们填写提供付款方式的表格。
作者：Vered Weiss，《以色列世界新闻》
一份新报告称，国际红十字会正在帮助在以色列被监禁的恐怖分子规避以色列禁止他们接受巴勒斯坦权力机构津贴的法律。
这份由巴勒斯坦媒体观察组织（PMW）制作的报告提供了证据，证明红十字会能够向以色列监狱中的恐怖分子囚犯转移“杀人偿付”资金。
尽管国际红十字委员会 (ICRC) 予以否认，PMW 仍披露了巴勒斯坦官员的声明，这些声明证明了红十字会在向恐怖分子转移资金方面发挥的核心作用。
Although Israeli law prohibits “providing incentives for terrorist activity,” the Red Cross gets around these regulations by helping Palestinian prisoners fill out forms that allow them access to payments.
According to Palestinian Authority regulations, terrorists are entitled to payments of 1,400 shekels ($387) per month that increase over time to 12,000 shekels ($2,990) monthly.
尽管以色列法律禁止“为恐怖活动提供激励”，但红十字会通过帮助巴勒斯坦囚犯填写表格来绕过这些规定，从而使他们能够获得付款。
根据巴勒斯坦权力机构的规定，恐怖分子每月有权获得 1,400 谢克尔（387 美元）的付款，随着时间的推移，付款额会增加到每月 12,000 谢克尔（2,990 美元）。
While the Red Cross claims it has nothing to do with facilitating these payments, PMW points out remarks by a Palestinian official that Israelis preventing the Red Cross from visiting prisoners prevented them from receiving their payments.
In addition, Qadura Fares, head of the PLO Prisoner Affairs Authority said to the press two months ago that the Red Cross is “an essential partner in the process that enables the payment of rewards to the imprisoned Palestinians.”
The Red Cross handles documentation from families of prisoners to verify every three months that they are still in custody, and also deals with Power of Attorney that allows someone else to open a bank account on behalf of the prisoner to receive funds.
Itamar Marcus, chair of PMW, said the Red Cross’s enabling payments to terrorists is particularly disturbing given the fact that “The Red Cross is dragging its feet on the issue of the Israeli hostages in Gaza.”
尽管红十字会声称与这些付款无关，但 PMW 指出，一名巴勒斯坦官员表示，以色列阻止红十字会探视囚犯，导致他们无法收到付款。
此外，巴解组织囚犯事务管理局局长卡杜拉·法雷斯两个月前向媒体表示，红十字会是“向被监禁的巴勒斯坦人支付报酬过程中的重要合作伙伴”。
红十字会每三个月处理一次囚犯家属的文件，以核实他们是否仍被拘留，并处理授权书，允许其他人代表囚犯开设银行账户以接收资金。
PMW 主席伊塔马尔·马库斯 (Itamar Marcus) 表示，考虑到“红十字会在加沙以色列人质问题上拖拖拉拉”，红十字会向恐怖分子支付款项的行为尤其令人不安。