The Plain Dealer · 18 June 2023

CP-2023-100

PayPal missed the opportunity to do the right thing for Palestinians

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“EL-BIREH, WEST BANK — I recently addressed the virtual PayPal annual shareholders meeting, during which I had five minutes to present a case for shareholders to pass a resolution requesting PayPal to open its services to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.”

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Sam Bahour, writing from El-Bireh to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The second of the two pieces here by a Palestinian, and the only one with a West Bank dateline. Five minutes at a shareholders meeting.

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"PayPal missed the opportunity to do the right thing for Palestinians," The Plain Dealer, 18 June 2023. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2023-100. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2023-100

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