PayPal withholds $8k in funds raised for Gaza by NZ donors
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Thousands of dollars donated for Gaza families are being withheld by PayPal without explanation. Photo / Getty Images
By Midday Report of RNZ
Thousands of dollars donated by New Zealanders for families in Gaza is being withheld by PayPal with no reason given.
A New Zealand writer who goes by the name of Emily Writes, set up the fund 'Aotearoa to Gaza Mutual Aid' through Ko-Fi – a free crowdfunding platform that sends funds to PayPal.
In just 24 hours, the account had received over $8000 from about 900 individual donations.
Writes would then send the money on to Palestinians in need, but her request to withdraw money was denied and her account deactivated.
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