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World Vision head accused of funneling funds to Hamas
[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] Israel on Wednesday announced new charges against the Gazoo head of a major US-based NGO accused of diverting millions of dollars in aid to Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",.Mohammed al-Halabi, the Gazoo director of Christian humanitarian charity World Vision, is alleged to have funnelled aid money to the Islamist terrorist movement that runs the Gazoo Strip.He is due in court again in the city of Beersheva on Thursday. On Wednesday an updated charge sheet was published with two additional charges, including "aiding and abetting the enemy in a time of war" and "passing information to the enemy. A foreign ministry front man declined to comment on the additional charges. Halabi is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday after negotiations over a plea bargain collapsed, a source close to the case said. His legal team said Wednesday they still have not had access to much of the evidence against their client. On January 4 a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... worker from Gazoo was sentenced to seven months in jail for aiding Hamas "without intention." Posted by: Fred 2017-01-12 |
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