{"id":1864917,"date":"2023-03-01T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T21:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1864917"},"modified":"2023-03-01T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T21:34:47","slug":"issa-calls-on-biden-to-suspend-funding-to-gaza-charity-after-free-beacon-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/issa-calls-on-biden-to-suspend-funding-to-gaza-charity-after-free-beacon-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Issa Calls on Biden To Suspend Funding to Gaza Charity After Free Beacon Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fissa-calls-on-biden-to-suspend-funding-to-gaza-charity-after-free-beacon-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1864917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<\/p>\n<p>$41K was donated by the State to anti-Israeli group Fares Al Arab Hamas fighters in Gaza City. \/ Getty Images    <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Darrell Issa, R. Calif., is urging the Biden Administration to stop funding an anti-Israel Gaza-based charity, and to turn over records relating to the grant. This follows a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> Report that the group collaborates with terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>    <\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Issa raised concerns about the $41,000 State Department grant. &#8220;was made despite repeated inflammatory remarks on the international stage, and confirmed allegations of repeated, long-standing ties to Hamas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter arrives days after the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/state-department-gives-41k-to-charity-that-partners-with-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> In September, the State Department provided funding to Fares Al-Arab (a Gaza-based charity) to fund an English-language training course for Palestinian journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Fares al-Arab collaborated with the Hamas government in a housing project. A media award was also given by the charity to an Islamic Jihad Movement-run radio network. It honored a self-described journalist, who belonged the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The event featured a spokesman for Islamic Jihad and co-led a course on human rights with a convicted terrorist. <em>Free Beacon<\/em> first reported. This group also attacked Israel, calling it an &#8220;anabolic dictatorship&#8221;. &#8220;apartheid&#8221; regime supports boycotting the Jewish state and has signed on to a petition calling on the United Nations. &#8220;uncover the terrorist face&#8221; Israel<\/p>\n<p>Fares Al-Arab said the\u00a0<em>Free Beacon\u00a0<\/em>Its work with terrorists is history and it will not repeat that. &#8220;the group&#8217;s views on Israel will not be a part of the media training program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Blinken, Issa stated that the group was being held. &#8220;has previously been noted to maintain historical ties and &#8216;bilateral relations&#8217; with Hamas,&#8221; This is &#8220;designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization&#8221; under U.S. law.<\/p>\n<p>This designation raises questions about the legitimacy of the group, according to the congressman. &#8220;would have been eligible for the grant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This award must immediately be suspended pending a full and thorough review of these accusations,&#8221; He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Issa asked for clarification from the State Department. &#8220;knew the history of the group&#8217;s ties to terrorism&#8221;  &#8220;why the grant was provided if the history was known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) is calling on the Biden administration to suspend funding to an anti-Israel Gaza-based charity and turn over records related to the grant, following a Washington Free Beacon report that found the group works with terrorists.<br \/>\nThe post Issa Calls on Biden To Suspend Funding to Gaza Charity After Free Beacon Report appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":1864920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4092,3620,3755,6543,6513,20083,20082,3819,6134],"class_list":["post-1864917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-beacon","tag-biden","tag-calls","tag-charity","tag-funding","tag-gaza","tag-issa","tag-report","tag-suspend"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1864920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}