US House approves bill to sanction Hamas supporters
The US House of Representatives approved a bill to sanction foreign supporters of the Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist movements on Wednesday night.The bill, titled the Hamas International Financing Prevention Act, passed 363-46. Some 45 Democrats and one Republican voted in opposition of the bill. First introduced in the House in January, it will now head to the Senate.The bill would require the president to periodically report to Congress a list of each foreign person who knowingly provides “significant support or services” to a senior member or...
