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Venmo is pausing some payments being sent to Palestinian relief funds
Amount: $50. To: Palestinian relief funds. Access: Denied
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The escalating violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused donations to pour in for aid groups. But some donations on Venmo are getting stalled and even stopped.
The payment app is reportedly pausing some attempts to fundraise for Palestinian causes â particularly if the payments have any combination of words like Palestinian or Palestine alongside the phrase relief fund, according to
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