The Palestinians are suffering more today than at any time in their history. Their perilous situation has engendered a groundswell of support from charities, institutions and private individuals all keen do whatever possible to provide support for this worthy cause. Amongst them, however, are those who seek to exploit this outpouring of support for their personal gain.

The profiteers undermine the work of authentic charities and indeed subvert the funds that are generously donated to support Palestine. At a time of homelessness, famine and death, such behaviour is abhorrent, but unfortunately prevalent.

We need to act now to identify the people involved, investigate what they are doing, and stop them before they can do more damage.