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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/267192.html
PA arrests five senior PFLP heads for suspected
bank robbery

Palestinian security services apprehended five senior members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine earlier this week, who are suspected of carrying out an armed robbery at a private bank in the village of Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem. The five were considered leaders in the first intifada in the city, in 1987.

According to sources in Bethlehem, the men allegedly entered a branch of the "Al-Quds" bank with drawn weapons, and stole some $100,000 from the tellers there. Two hours after the robbery, a special Palestinian task force, composed of various Palestinian security forces, managed to apprehend the group. The sources added that there was "concrete evidence" against the men.

The members of the task force said that they were amazed to discover the identity of the five, especially G.P., who was considered one of the PFLP's more prominent leaders and a relative of Bethlehem's former intelligence chief. He is also considered close to the heads of the PFLP: Secretary-General Ahmed Sa'adat, who is held under arrest in Jericho, and Abed al-Rahim Maluch, held in Israel.

According to a PFLP source, "the issue is embarrassing and difficult for all of us, but it has been transferred to the authority of the heads of the organization and we hope that it will be resolved soon."
So far, the five have refused to return the money that they are accused of stealing. The men said that they intended to distribute the loot among the families of those killed in the intifada and those who have relatives imprisoned in Israel.

PFLPの幹部メンバー５名が、自治区内で銀行強盗の容疑で
自治政府の治安部隊に逮捕。
逮捕されたのはPFLPのリーダーや自治政府の高官にも近い人物。
メンバーは「盗んだ金はインティファーダ犠牲者の家族などに寄付するつもりだった」
と供述。
戦前に日本共産党が闘争資金を求めて銀行強盗を繰り返した事件を彷佛とさせる。