The Palestinian Monetary Authority is going to court on behalf of the Jordan National Bank, one of those that Israeli forces stole from in Nablus last week.
On Wednesday Israeli forces broke into banks and currency exchange shops in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Ramallah, stealing billions of shekels and dinars, confiscating computers and files, and starting several shops ablaze.
The Monetary Authority will go to the courts to prosecute at least one case in Nablus out of many. Director Dr. George Abed said Tuesday, “The Authority will expend all efforts to follow-up this case in the courts in order to put an end to such Israeli actions.”
Dr. Abed described the Israeli break-ins in Nablus as, “a criminal act of destruction and piracy. There is no relation to combating money laundering or financing so-called terrorism is these criminal Israeli acts.”
During a visit to the vandalized bank, the Director said, “What happened is outside the law and outside all norms of banking practices.”
He said, “I cannot be certain, but one would imagine that those in charge of the Israeli finances and the Central Bank there must have reservations about such destruction by Israeli forces.”
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