Jamaiat Al-Wafa LiRayat Al-Musenin (Arabic: جمعية الوفاء لرعاية المسنين, romanized: Jamʻīyat al-Wafāʼ li-Riʻāyat al-musinnīn) is a charity which has been proscribed by the Israeli government for connections to Hamas.[1] Islamic Relief challenged the designation, suggesting Israeli analysts have confused the charity with the al Wafa hospital, in Gaza, which has been supported by both the United States and United Kingdom.[2]
The charity is based in Gaza City. Translated into English its name is the "Loyalty Society To Care For The Aged."
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edit- ^ List of Entities declares “Unlawful Organizations” in Israel by order of Israeli Prime Minister, according to Israeli Emergency Defense Regulations (article 84 2 A) 1945 due to their Connection to Hamas Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies
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Jude Howell; Jeremy Lind, eds. (2010). "Civil Society Under Strain: Counter-terrorism Policy, Civil Society, and Aid Post-9/11". Kumarian Press. ISBN 9781565492981. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
However Islamic Relief claims that Israeli intelligence confused the proscribed group, Jamaiat Al-Wafa LiRayat Al-Musenin, with a well-known Hospital in Gaza called Al Wafa, which both the United States and the United Kingdom have funded...