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Pro-Hamas group that helped organize college protests is a 'sham charity,' Treasury says (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In an interview with NBC News earlier this month, a co-founder of the group known as Samidoun called Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel “a brave and heroic operation.”

A pro-Hamas organization that has helped organize protests on American college campuses is a “sham charity” that fundraises for a terrorist group, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.

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.

NBC News interviewed the co-founder of the group earlier this month. Charlotte Kates, Samidoun’s international coordinator, said that the Vancouver-based organization advocates for the rights of Palestinians, particularly those locked up in Israeli prisons.

But the Treasury Department said on Tuesday 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.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

When the empire calls other groups "terrorists", can anybody take it seriously?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. Because to do otherwise would be fallacious attacking the messenger. Sometimes the shittiest person you know may have a point. Even if its hypocritical.