Defense Minister Ehud Barak recently signed a document authorizing the depositing of 282.5 million shekels from banks in Gaza into the Bank of Israel. This humanitarian  gesture is supposed to allow continuing commercial and banking activity in the Hamas-controlled aiea follows Hamas's request that Israel exchange shekels for other currencies because smugglers running the tunnels from Gaza into Egypt are not accepting the Israeli currency.

Interviewed on Arutz Sheva's Hebrew journal, Chairman David Rotem of the Knesset Law Committee called the process dangerous and serious, noting that the money will be used to buy weapons for use against Israel. He added that under Hamas, "all they think about is how to harm us. We continue to make one-sided gestures again and again. If they want gestures, they should release[abducted soldier] Gilad Shalit."

Mr. Rotem added that Israel's involvement in the transfer of money from Fatah-controlled Judea and Samaria to Gaza is another mistake that will help purchase weapons for use against the Jewish state. 

(Israelnationalnews)