Aleks Phillips
Newsweek, Oct. 23, 2023
“Expressing support for Hamas is different from being actively involved in the organization’s international network, which according to the GWU study, has largely been blocked in the U.S., but nevertheless continues in a diminished form.”
Hamas backers “have long operated in the United States” and they “are still engaged in various forms of support” for the organization, a new academic report claims.
The Program on Extremism at George Washington University (GWU) released an account of Hamas’ presence in the U.S. on October 13, which said that while many of its domestic activities have been foiled, networks and individuals remain in America providing “at times purely political and not material” backing for the group.
An FBI spokesperson declined to comment on the report when approached by Newsweek, but said the agency “will investigate any individuals here in the U.S. who provide material support to Hamas or any other foreign terrorist organization.”
The findings come days after the federal government announced a new set of sanctions against 10 Hamas operatives around the world, which Secretary of State Antony Blinken said are “directed at Hamas terrorists and their support network, not Palestinians.”
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