US Muslim charity leader sentenced to 65 years for Hamas support »
Posted By Progressive 7 months ago in News
DALLAS, Texas (AFP) -
The leader of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States was sentenced to 65 years in jail Wednesday for supporting Palestinian militants, in a major US-based terrorism financing case.
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hyperbola7 months ago
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I wonder if the israeli supporters of hamas will also be jailed?
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Hamas, Son of Israel
The Israelis birthed and nurtured their Islamist nemesis
Amid all the howls of pain and gnashing of teeth over the triumph of Hamas in the Palestinian elections, one fact remains relatively obscure, albeit highly relevant: Israel did much to launch Hamas as an effective force in the occupied territories. If ever there was a clear case of "blowback," then this is it. As Richard Sale pointed out in a piece for UPI:
"Israel and Hamas may currently be locked in deadly combat, but, according to several current and former U.S. intelligence officials, beginning in the late 1970s, Tel Aviv gave direct and indirect financial aid to Hamas over a period of years. Israel 'aided Hamas directly – the Israelis wanted to use it as a counterbalance to the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization),' said Tony Cordesman, Middle East analyst for the Center for Strategic [and International] Studies. Israel's support for Hamas 'was a direct attempt to divide and dilute support for a strong, secular PLO by using a competing religious alternative,' said a former senior CIA official."
Middle East analyst Ray Hanania concurs:
"In addition to hoping to turn the Palestinian masses away from Arafat and the PLO, the Likud leadership believed they could achieve a workable alliance with Islamic, anti-Arafat forces that would also extend Israel's control over the occupied territories."
In a conscious effort to undermine the Palestine Liberation Organization and the leadership of Yasser Arafat, in 1978 the government of then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin approved the application of Sheik Ahmad Yassin to start a "humanitarian" organization known as the Islamic Association, or Mujama. The roots of this Islamist group were in the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, and this was the seed that eventually grew into Hamas – but not before it was amply fertilized and nurtured with Israeli funding and political support.....
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Progressive7 months ago
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In all fairness, I have to say that many American muslims have been unfairly persecuted (and possibly prosecuted) simply for attempting to render humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees. Since the Bush administration effectively installed Hamas, there does not seem to be any way to get aid to the Palestinians without going through objectionable channels, resulting in a catch 22 situation for all concerned.
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Edmar147 months ago
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Another piece of trash reporting from that world respected, web based, bastion of freedom, Antiwar.com. Why is it that Hyperbulla never posts anything of value from a recognized and respected, printed new source? She must own stock in Antiwar.com, Counterpunch.com etc. Or maybe it's just that publications of this type tend to have the same agenda as she does.
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