The plaintiffs accuse Arab Bank of having helped Hamas in three different ways. First, ittransferred funds from the Saudi Committee, ostensibly a charity, to relatives of 55 suicide-bombers. One payment went to the family of a man who bombed a restaurant in Jerusalem in2001, killing 15 people including seven children. Second, the bank maintained accounts foranother dozen charities that the plaintiffs contend were merely fronts for Hamas. The finalconnection was by providing personal accounts for 30 senior members of Hamas, includingAhmad Yassin, the group s spiritual leader, who was designated a terrorist by the Americangovernment in 1995, and Salah Shehadeh, the founder of its military arm. Arab Bank did so,according to the court s summary of the plaintiffs argument, despite knowing that the peopleand organisations concerned were involved in terrorism.
那些指控阿拉伯银行帮助哈马斯的原告主要是从三个方面的原因来谈的。首先,它以慈善的名义从沙特委员会划拨资金给55名自杀式炸弹袭击者的家属。其中一些款项就是流向一个在2001年炸了一家耶律撒冷餐馆导致包括七名孩子在内的十五人丧生的恐怖分子家属。其次,原告者认为银行所维系的另外十二个慈善机构的账户也仅仅是针对哈马斯方面的。他们终端的联系方式便是通过银行为三十名包括Ahmad Yassin在内的哈马斯的高级成员开设私人账户。而Ahmad Yassin作为哈马斯的精神领袖,于1995年被美国政府作为高危恐怖分子列入在册。这其中还包括Salah Shehadeh,哈马斯军事部门的创始人。根据法院对于原告的论点总结,阿拉伯银行尽管知道这些人或者组织与恐怖主义息息相关,却依旧如此作为。
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