2 Palestinian institutions on US terrorism list

U.S. Department of the Treasury listed on Thursday Al-Waqfiya and Al-Quds Palestinian-Labanese charities on its list of terrorism. The U.S. Treasury department said in a press release published on its website that it listed these two charities under Executive resolutions number 13224 and 13224 because they "exist to support the families of Hamas fighters." According to the resolutions, these two Palestinian-Labanese charities were listed on the U.S. list that prevents Americans from dealing with them. Treasury Department revealed that these two institutions were also established to financing Hamas programs and projects in the Palestinian occupied territories, "intended to spread Hamas influence and control." David Cohen, Department of the Treasury's Assistant Secretary, said in a press release "the departement will continue to work on blocking the efforts of Hamas movement to convert the fragile societies to racist and to undermine stability in the region."