Israeli Central Bank, government said maintaining financial ties with Hamas

Text of report by web version of Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on 18 April [Article by Eyal Ofer: "Blood Money"] Once in a few weeks, mostly by the end of the month, an armoured Israeli car arrives in one of the Gaza crossings. Sometimes it drives through and enters the Gaza Strip, while on other occasions it stops at the crossing where a Gazan truck is waiting to collect its cargo: many millions of shekels in cash...