Interpal
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| Founded | November 1994 |
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| Type | Humanitarian |
| Focus | Medical, Education and Community |
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Area served
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Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon |
| Method | Direct Aid / Program Funding |
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Key people
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Ibrahim Hewitt |
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Revenue
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£5,335,082 (2010) |
| Slogan | "Helping Palestinians in need" |
| Website | www.interpal.org |
Interpal is the working name for the British charity Palestinian Relief and Development Fund founded in 1994 which states that it is a non-political charity to alleviate problems faced by Palestinians, and focused solely on the provision of relief and development aid to the poor and needy Palestinians the world over, but primarily in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Jordan.
The US government has made allegations that Interpal is funding or supporting terrorism, but these have not been substantiated in the British courts or by the Charity Commission. United States citizens and permanent residents are however prohibited from doing business with them via a 2003 SDN listing. The British High Court found it is libellous in July 2010 to state that Interpal supported Hamas.
Interpal was founded in the wake of the Oslo Accords. It states that its “passion for justice and the preservation of human dignity commits [it] to helping Palestinians in need”. Interpal works closely with their partners in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan, with the aim of “moving the poor and needy in its areas of operation away from the culture of dependency and encourage a culture of self-sufficiency, and to promote peace and stability within the communities to which the beneficiaries belong”.
On their website, Interpal acknowledge that the volatile situation in the occupied territories means it is most effective for the organisation to transfer funds to local authorised partners and allow goods and supplies to be purchased within the area. In the past, however, this has led to accusations of Interpal funds reaching illegal and terrorist organisations. (See below).
Interpal works in the occupied Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank as well as the refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. It conducts the majority of its work through partner organisations that are based locally to “provide aid and revitalise the local economy at the same time”.
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