{"id":114655,"date":"2024-10-16T04:06:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114655"},"modified":"2024-10-16T04:06:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:06:50","slug":"pro-hamas-group-that-helped-organize-college-protests-is-a-sham-charity-treasury-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114655","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Hamas group that helped organize college protests is a &#8216;sham charity,&#8217; Treasury says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">A pro-Hamas organization that has helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/s-palestinian-protests-us-rcna143666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organize protests on American college campuses<\/a> is a \u201csham charity\u201d that fundraises for a terrorist group, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a joint action by the U.S. and Canadian governments, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, or Samidoun, was sanctioned by the Treasury Department and listed as a terrorist entity by the government in Canada, where it is based.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/pro-hamas-group-that-helps-organize-protests-shares-plans-for-oct-7-anniversary-220959813750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed the co-founder of the group<\/a> earlier this month. Charlotte Kates, Samidoun\u2019s international coordinator, said that the Vancouver-based organization advocates for the rights of Palestinians, particularly those locked up in Israeli prisons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But the Treasury Department said on Tuesday<strong> <\/strong>that Samidoun serves as a front organization and fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which the U.S. deemed a terror organization in 1997 and 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOrganizations like Samidoun masquerade as charitable actors that claim to provide humanitarian support to those in need, yet in reality divert funds for much-needed assistance to support terrorist groups,\u201d said Bradley Smith, the acting U.S. under secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial terrorism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kates\u2019 husband, Khaled Barakat, was also sanctioned by the Treasury Department. The agency said Barakat is part of the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which operates in Gaza and the West Bank, participated in the \u201chorrific attacks against Israeli civilians\u201d on Oct. 7, the Treasury Department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Samidoun, which means \u201csteadfast\u201d in Arabic, has been banned in Germany and Israel over alleged ties to terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">During Kates\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/pro-hamas-group-that-helps-organize-protests-shares-plans-for-oct-7-anniversary-220959813750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with NBC News<\/a>, she called Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack on Israel \u201ca brave and heroic operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThat is something we stand by 100%,\u201d Kates added.\u00a0\u201cThe so-called Israeli state is a settler colony, and it never had the right to exist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kates did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. Barakat could not be reached independently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Treasury Department said its actions would help protect legitimate charity organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBy publicly identifying sham charities, this action reduces the overall risk of the [nonprofit organization] sector and preserves access by legitimate humanitarian organizations to financial services,\u201d it said in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said the Treasury designation will impede Samidoun\u2019s fundraising efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s meaningful,\u201d McQuade said. \u201cIt prevents people from making financial contributions to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But because the State Department hasn\u2019t designated it as a foreign terrorist organization, it\u2019s not a crime for protest groups to meet with Samidoun to organize demonstrations or to feature its members in webinars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence and an NBC News contributor, described the Treasury action as significant and said the federal government could take subsequent actions against the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSamidoun is now toxic to the touch,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s not just banks that need to be aware of this, but individuals and other organizations are now on notice that you cannot do business in any way, shape or form with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, said in a statement that the \u201cUnited States will continue to disrupt sham organizations that function under the guise of humanitarian organizations while funding terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/-hamas-group-helped-organize-college-protests-sham-charity-treasury-sa-rcna175529\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pro-Hamas organization that has helped organize protests on American college campuses is a \u201csham charity\u201d that fundraises for a terrorist group, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.\u00a0 In a joint &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114655\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}