US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories

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Post by belter » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:24 PM UTC

US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
arabnews.com

Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories

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Post by mikece » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:37 PM UTC

I wish lawmakers would urge (or force?) PayPal to actually give you a detailed reason when they freeze your account and effectively confiscate your money. I still have hundreds of dollars tied up in the limbo of "your account is frozen but we won't tell you why."

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Post by stevespang » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:39 PM UTC

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Post by mschuster91 » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:43 PM UTC

The only thing this will result in is even more funding for Hamas, and possibly even money laundering for Iran.

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Post by annoyingnoob » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:43 PM UTC

Or just don't use PayPal. There is nothing necessary about PayPal.

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Post by zerr » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #2

I wish lawmakers would urge (or force?) PayPal to actually give you a detailed reason when they freeze your account and effectively confiscate your money. I still have hundreds of dollars tied up in the limbo of "your account is frozen but we won't tell you why."

Try withdrawing again. They unblock it without any notification while keeping the account limited.

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Post by jb12 » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

Given the recent seizure of crypto accounts funnelling money to Hamas and Iran[0], this seems pretty sensible, to funnel more financial activity in the region onto platforms that have good AML/ATF processes.

[0]: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-seizes-30-crypto-wallet...

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Post by RobotToaster » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:45 PM UTC

>lawmakers urge

Shouldn't lawmakers, um, make laws? Instead of asking nicely?

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Post by petesergeant » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:52 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #4

The only thing this will result in is even more funding for Hamas, and possibly even money laundering for Iran.

What should ordinary people in the territories do?

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Post by Somatochlora » Thu, May 25, 2023, 1:52 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #4

The only thing this will result in is even more funding for Hamas, and possibly even money laundering for Iran.

You do not believe that there are any Palestinians who might have legitimate uses for PayPal?