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August 22,
2003
Orthodox Union Praises President Bush's Freezing of
Hamas Assets
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America,
the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish synagogue organization, today praised
President Bush for strengthening the U.S.-led war on terrorism by freezing
the assets of six leaders of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and
five organizations that support Hamas financially. These organizations
raise funds that are used to support Hamas terrorist activities including
teaching schoolchildren to become martyrs, suicide bombers, and
terrorists.
President Bush ordered the Treasury Department to freeze the assets
following Tuesday's horrific homicide bombing attack in Jerusalem, which
killed 20 people and wounded many others. He said, "By claiming
responsibility for the despicable act of terror on August 19th, Hamas has
reaffirmed that it is a terrorist organization committed to violence
against Israel and to undermining progress towards peace between Israel
and the Palestinian people." The President called upon other nations to
also recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization and deny it support.
President Bush's actions serve to strengthen the battle to eradicate the
scourge of global terrorism and the efforts to protect the safety all
those who cherish freedom. We applaud President Bush's continued efforts
in the war against terrorism and call on other nations of the world to
adopt similar measures and to apply economic and political pressure so
that the Palestinians will finally see that terror simply does not serve
to further their goals.
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