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Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, Monday. (AP)
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| By Associated Press March 22, 2006 |
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Iran recently transferred $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad terrorists in the West Bank, encouraging them to carry out attacks in Israel ahead of its March 28 election, Israel's defense minister said in an interview published Tuesday.
The money came from Iran, through Syria, and then into the West Bank, Shaul Mofaz, the defense minister, was quoted as saying in an interview with Ynet, a Web site affiliated with the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot.
"We know that Iran transferred in the last month $1.8 million to the Islamic Jihad organization in order to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel," Mofaz said.
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed guerrilla group that operates from Lebanon, "is also involved in some of the terror operations here and sends messages, as well as money, which arrives from Iran to the Islamic Jihad and to Hamas," he added.
Mofaz also said that since Palestinians in Gaza are still dependent on Israel, they would not be completely cut off, even though Israel has kept a main cargo crossing closed for most of the past two months, leading to food shortages in Gaza. However, Israel will not consider opening a passage between the West Bank and Gaza so long as Hamas is in power, he said.
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On the Net: Mofaz interview: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3230629,00.html
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