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Director of Middle East Forum's counter-extremism project, Islamist Watch.

Nov 15, 2023, 19 tweets

1/ A new investigation into Hamas' network in U.S. uncovers 17+ Islamist registered charities' subsidy of terror, & their fundraising of over $250 million through the 501(c) system, funded by dozens of major donors from Bill Gates Foundation to JPMorgan, Shell, Paypal and others.

2/ Some examples. Take Rahma Worldwide in Michigan, which openly partners with designated Kuwaiti terrorist group RIHS (how has the FBI not noticed this?) and is part of their "Uprising in Palestine" campaign in Gaza.

3) The Reach Education Fund in Illinois, whose leading official glorifies Nazism, posting a swastika and referring to himself as a follower of Hitler, celebrating the genocide of Jews

4) Baitulmaal in Texas, which funds an array of Hamas proxies in Gaza. It was officials include former Taliban fundraisers and hardline activists shared praise of "martyrs" who killed Jews

5) Islamic Relief in VA and CA, whose overseas branches openly fund Hamas proxies, and which the U.S. State Department has condemned for “blatant and horrifying anti-Semitism and glorification of violence exhibited at the most senior levels"

6) Islamic Relief franchise's founder, meanwhile, in an interview with Hamas's official radio station, urged cooperation between charities and the Hamas "government". And here's Islamic Relief's logo at a Hamas rally in Gaza:

7) ANERA, whose staff member in Gaza has venerated the Hamas founder Sheikh Yassin, posting pictures of the terrorist leader.

8) American Muslims for Palestine, whose official Taher Herzallah, recently paused after talking about embracing anti-Zionist Jews only to remind his audience that "Jews" remain "enemy number one"

9) Pious Projects of America in Chicago, which admits openly to having handed Hamas's Ministry of Health $50,000

10) Heroic Hearts, whose “program coordinator,” Omar Hammad, is a unabashed supporter of Hamas founder Sheikh Yassin.

11) International Humanitarian Relief, whose founder praised the October 7th attacks and wished the resistance "victory"

12) Helping Hand for Relief and Development in Michigan, which funds a Hamas proxy and whose chief partner in Pakistan, Al-Khidmat, is a proud financier of Hamas.

13) Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which advertises in Hamas newspapers and runs part of the Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza, which today Israel found housed “a Hamas ‘command and control center’ and may have been used to hold hostages.” Weapons caches were also found.

14) Who is funding all these organizations? Our data shows as much as $100 million from the federal government through poorly managed @USAID programs, but an astonishing $260 million comes from ...

15) ... a huge assortment of major corporate foundations and major employee-giving and donation platforms. Here are the worst funders of these Hamas-aligned charities. Recognize any names?

16) There's lots more examples in our major new report here. Look out for other big corporations and their foundations, belonging to JPMorgan, Bank of America, Shell, Morgan Stanley, among others.

17) This report has uncovered many more flagrant instances of U.S. Islamist charities funding Hamas proxies, employing staff who glorify Hamas's evil, and and working with designated terror groups directly. It's time for the FBI to act. It's time for Congress to act.

18) Share this report. Retweet this thread. Place pressure on your representatives, and these corporation foundations and other big donors to stop subsidizing terror. They've been duped.

Then let's shut down these terror subsidizers.

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Typos! Corrected: Its officials include former Taliban fundraisers and hardline activists who have shared praise of "martyrs" who kill Jews

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