http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8045038.htmJERUSALEM - Israeli forces raided Arab banks Wednesday in Ramallah, in the West Bank, seizing millions of dollars representing hundreds of institutional and personal accounts that Israel said were financing Palestinian terrorism.
It was by far the largest such seizure during more than three years of conflict. Witnesses said soldiers covered the banks' security cameras with black plastic bags and herded all the employees together before ordering workers with keys to open the vaults
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In Washington, the State Department criticized the raid. ``Some of these actions that were taken risk destabilizing the Palestinian banking system,'' said Richard Boucher, the department's press secretary. ``We'd prefer to see Israeli coordination with the Palestinian financial authorities.''
Am I missing something, or does this not sound like your standard criminal bank robbery?