PayPal faces scrutiny for alleged links to Palestinian terror groups – United States Senators take action.
After being pressured by designated terrorist group CAIR, PayPal not only banned Bare Naked Islam from using its services, they made sure no other payment services provider would allow BNI to use their sites for donations either. What’s more, when PayPal permanently suspended BNI, it took them nearly 180 days to return my $6,774.02 balance.
Gateway Pundit (h/t Nita) The PayPal platform is facing accusations of processing payments for the far-left group Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ), which has come under criticism from Congress and watchdog groups for its connections to the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have pledged to launch investigations into PayPal, as the platform’s policy explicitly prohibits the use of its tools for “promoting hatred, violence, racism, or any other forms of discriminatory intolerance, or for the financial exploitation of a crime.”
Cruz stated to the Washington Examiner:
“PayPal should, clearly and immediately, sever ties with any group linked to Palestinian terrorism. Big tech companies are not exempt from American laws or the risk of tarnishing their reputation by aiding terrorism.”
Rubio also raised concerns about PayPal’s conduct:
“No individual or U.S. company should be funding Palestinian terrorist organizations that seek to harm innocent Israelis. I will call on the Department of the Treasury to scrutinize this arrangement.”
The decision by the Alliance for Global Justice to use PayPal for fundraising comes after Stripe, the Irish American payment processor that handled transactions worth $817 billion in 2022, is no longer listed on the charity’s website.
A coalition of 11 pro-Israel groups demanded that Stripe discontinue its association with AFGJ, citing a series of articles from the Washington Examiner detailing how it raised funds for Collectif Palestine Vaincra – a French member of the Samidoun terrorist coalition designated by Israel.
On the Alliance for Global Justice website, a number of publications can be found that praise leftist authoritarian regimes, such as Venezuela and Bolivia.
They also call for an end to U.S. sanctions against Nicaragua, a country led by Marxist dictator Daniel Ortega, who persecutes and arrests Catholic priests and members of the Catholic Church.
According to the Washington Examiner, PayPal and the Alliance for Global Justice have not taken a position on the matter and have not issued a response on the case.
The Woke Ender says
They should just change their name to JihadPal and call it a day.
At least they’ll be honest (so it’ll point even the stupidest of people among us in the right direction to avoid using it altogether).
Madam DeFarge says
Asking for a friend, when do we get to start shooting terrorist supporters?
BLR says
Pay Pal is hardwired to Cair you would know this first hand if you contributed to truth blog sites as here at BNI myself was there when they blocked donations sent and shortly after my personal banking accounts were leaked to Pakistan where they unknown hackers hit my bank with a fraud attempt to clean out my money laying there … tracks left don’t lie payback will see the day where paypal and chair will face my kind one on one … so say I so should say you
BareNakedIslam says
WOW! Did you report that to anyone? How did you find out they were doing that?
BLR says
My bank and the FBI wire fraud unit have my case my URL and a URL from Pakistan still tracking back to US
BareNakedIslam says
I see. Were they able to get anything from your account?
BLR says
not a dime thanks be to a small town banker who is a personnel friend
BareNakedIslam says
Thank God!
Anony Mous says
I’m having trouble with them myself. I don’t like them. FYI, Bonni, I’m getting blocked by YouTube when I click on the link for videos that say “Watch on YouTube”. There’s one in this story that’s not working. I have to assume they are doing something to block BNI? If I go directly to YouTube and search for the video, I can find it and watch it. Here’s the link to the video I can watch directly on YouTube: https://youtu.be/crn2t78HZ4I?si=9q-yB3rflT_0vodn
BareNakedIslam says
AM, I’m on my phone now and it says my Browser (Safari) can’t play the video. I’ll check it later on my computer.
Oh wait, when I go to the homepage and open post directly on my phone, the video plays.
The Tasmanian Devil says
PayPal is by far the worst for sure, but the ‘others’ are many and the field is wide open for abuse.
Stripe is another bad player known for this kind of practice, but the bank portals too, are hardly innocent. My website also fell victim to Stripe’s intolerance for free speech. It didn’t like some of the items I had posted for sale. Too pro America.
And don’t look to Congress for meaningful relief because the entire industry (banks and pay portal companies) pay to play… err, I mean make HUGE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS. In our illustrious Congress that takes care of and makes short work of THAT problem. They’ll talk it to death like everything else.
Keep up the good fight and don’t ever give them an inch (or a centimeter) because if given the chance, I know first hand they will take it all!