We need a financial bill of rights. Custody and payment rails should be like public utilities where everyone can use them regardless of your opinions about them.
US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
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Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#12The 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?
Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#13>lawmakers urge Shouldn't lawmakers, um, make laws? Instead of asking nicely?
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#14Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#15>lawmakers urge Shouldn't lawmakers, um, make laws? Instead of asking nicely?
Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#16>lawmakers urge Shouldn't lawmakers, um, make laws? Instead of asking nicely?
Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#17Seems likely related to OFAC, which is tough to google casually
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-inf...
Nothing specific to Palestine on the country programs, but OFAC explains further that our sanctions are much more complicated than country-by-country here:
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-inf...
Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#18it sounds like we need an anti-OFAC law. Instead of only telling companies who they can't transact with, tell them who they can't arbitrarily not transact with. We need a financial bill of rights. Custody and payment rails should be like public utilities where everyone can use them regardless of your opinions about them.
Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#19>lawmakers urge Shouldn't lawmakers, um, make laws? Instead of asking nicely?
Re: US lawmakers urge PayPal to end ban on Palestinians in Occupied Territories
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
What should ordinary people in the territories do?
I mean per the article, Palastine has banks with corresponding US banks to handle transfers. So, ordinary people of those territories can use their banks.