The Jerusalem Post reports on the arrest of Magdi A’amar, the leader of an Al-Aqsa Brigades cell who had a flair for fund-raising. While receiving monthly payments from the PA not to carry out terror attacks, A’amar and his cell also received $3,000 from Hezbollah to organize and launch attacks:
His first installment was for $1,000. A month later they got another $500. A’amar’s cell eventually received a total of $3,000 which they used to purchase weapons for their attacks. The members of the cell were members of Palestinian security forces.
He also said that since his name was on an Israeli list of fugitives, the Palestinian Authority paid him between NIS 400 and NIS 700 every month in return for a promise not to carry out attacks. But he didn’t uphold his end of the bargain.
