The Hamas Network in America: A Short History

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Executive summary:

• Hamas supporters have long operated in the United States. Internal Hamas documents and FBI
wiretaps introduced as evidence in various federal criminal cases clearly show the existence of
a nationwide Hamas network engaged in fundraising, lobbying, education and propaganda
dissemination dating back to the 1980s.

• The network formalized its existence in 1988, when it created the Palestine Committee in the
US. The Committee’s goals included “increasing the financial and the moral support for Hamas,”
“fighting surrendering solutions,” and publicizing “the savagery of the Jews.”

• The Palestine Committee spawned several public-facing organizations, most of which are based
out of Chicago, Dallas, and Washington DC. They included the all-purpose Islamic Association
for Palestine (IAP), the financial arm represented by the Occupied Land Fund (which later
became the Holy Land Foundation, HLF), and the think tank United Association for Studies and
Research (UASR).

• In 1993, the FBI wiretapped a meeting of top Hamas activists in the US held in Philadelphia. The
wiretaps show internal discussions on how to improve activities in support of Hamas within the
US and how to shield them from the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization. US-based
Hamas activists agreed that hiding their affiliation and intentions was the best tactic to avoid
negative consequences. “I swear by Allah that war is deception,” said one senior leader,
“[d]eceive, camouflage, pretend that you’re leaving while you’re walking that way. Deceive your
enemy.” “Let's not hoist a large Islamic flag and let's not be barbaric-talking. We will remain a
front so that if the thing [the U.S. government ban on Hamas] happens, we will benefit from the
new happenings instead of having all of our organizations classified and exposed.”

• Over the years, US authorities have conducted several activities to clamp down on the network,
including deporting and prosecuting Hamas operatives and shutting down multiple front
organizations. The 2001 designation of HLF and subsequent prosecution of part of its
leadership for funneling approximately $12.4 million to Hamas constitutes to date the largest
successful terrorism financing prosecution in US history.

• Yet, US-based Hamas networks and individuals have displayed a remarkable resilience and
many of the core activists of the Palestine Committee are still engaged in various forms of
support (albeit at times purely political and not material) for Hamas.

https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/2023-10/the-hamas-network-in-america.pdf

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[TruthBarker]

Everybody here knows, AIPAC (Jewish control freaks) operate openly and
freely in this country. They influence our politics, politicians and
many other aspects of our lives. Why hasn’t our past/present governments
kicked AIPAC Jewish ass back to Israel, we can do very well without
their interference.

FBI has been told to stay clear of AIPAC for fear that Mossad might come
after them.

We waste a lot of money sending high tech weapons and bombs which the
Jewish State uses to kill people. AIPAC is turning us into proxy
killers, what a horrible shame!

I don’t want even a penny of my taxes to go to Israel, it will be used
to kill.