{"id":2099275,"date":"2023-11-15T07:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:28:20","slug":"hamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas-tied charities under congressional investigation following terror attacks in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fhamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel%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=2099275&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--><h2>House Republicans Investigating Hamas-Linked Nonprofits<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans on the key committee\u200d overseeing\u2064 the IRS\u2063 are intensifying \u200btheir investigation into numerous nonprofit groups with ties\u200c to\u200b Hamas. They are also working to identify other organizations and plan \u2062their next legislative\u2063 steps. The House Ways and \u200bMeans Committee is particularly concerned about charities that appear \u2062to share connections with Hamas, the terrorist group responsible \u2064for the recent attack on Israel that claimed over 1,400\u2064 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u200bJason Smith, the \u200ccommittee&#8217;s\u200b chairman, expressed deep concern over recent reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-call-for-answers-from-texas-elections-administrator-over-private-funding-for-elections\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call For Answers From Texas Elections Administrator Over Private Funding For Elections\">tax-exempt organizations<\/a> supporting or financing terrorism. He emphasized the importance of\u200b ensuring that these tax-exemptions are not being abused and that Americans are \u2064not unknowingly funding\u2064 violence.<\/p>\n<h3>Hearing \u2064Focuses on Terror Financing and Antisemitism<\/h3>\n<p>A congressional hearing on terror financing is scheduled for Wednesday\u200d afternoon, where the House Ways and Means Committee\u200b will also address the rise\u200b in pro-Hamas and antisemitic activities on college campuses across the United States. The hearing will feature witnesses\u200b such as Vice President Jonathan Schanzer, Cornell University student Talia \u2063Dror, and \u2062Israeli actress Noa Tishby.<\/p>\n<p>Members \u200cof Congress have expressed concern over the support for Gaza by terror-tied groups since the October 7\u2063 attack. They have also shown\u200d support for federal investigations following \u200dreports on pro-Palestinian\u2062 activist hubs praising and meeting with terrorists. Many of these groups leading demonstrations against Israel have opaque \u200cfunding structures and are \u2063associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ann-coulter-protecting-biden-is-a-full-time-job-for-the-new-york-times\/\" title=\"Ann Coulter: Protecting Biden Is a Full-Time Job for the New York Times\">tax-exempt foundations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigating Specific Nonprofits<\/h3>\n<p>The House Ways and \u2063Means Committee is\u200d specifically looking \u2064into the Zakat Foundation of America (ZFA), an Illinois-based charity that has partnered \u2064with the Islamic Charitable Society (ICS). The \u200cICS\u2064 has received funds from the Holy Land Foundation, a\u2063 defunct charity that was shut \u200bdown by the U.S. government in 2001 due to its support for Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is also investigating Islamic Relief USA, which is affiliated with Islamic Relief Worldwide. Israel banned\u200d the latter in 2014 for allegedly funneling money to Hamas.\u200c The Middle East Forum think tank has\u200d reported that Islamic Relief Worldwide funds organizations linked to\u200b Hamas\u200b in\u2062 the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Other groups under \u2064investigation \u2062include \u200cStudents for\u2062 Justice \u2063in Palestine, American Muslims for Palestine, and Americans for Justice in Palestine. These groups have been accused of celebrating \u2063terrorism against Jews\u2063 and supporting terror factions \u200csuch as\u2063 Hamas and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns\u2064 Over Fundraising Loopholes<\/h3>\n<p>The pro-Israel think tank \u200cZachor Legal Institute\u2062 recently\u200b sent\u200d a memo to senior congressional staffers, highlighting how Hamas \u2062and other Palestinian terror groups exploit loopholes to fundraise in the U.S. The memo suggested that the Treasury&#8217;s Office of \u2063Foreign \u200bAssets Control should strengthen its\u200d list of designated individuals and groups to prevent access to U.S. assets.<\/p>\n<p>The memo also \u200craised concerns about fiscal \u200dsponsorship, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel\/\" title=\"Hamas-tied charities under congressional investigation following terror attacks in Israel\">registered\u200b charities provide\u2062 services<\/a> to projects\u200c housed under \u200dthem. The Alliance for Global Justice, revealed to \u2064have Palestinian terror ties, was \u2062mentioned in \u2064the memo. Several\u2062 payment processors and donors \u200bhave cut ties with the organization \u2063following these revelations.<\/p>\n<p>The House Republicans&#8217; investigation aims to ensure that tax-exempt organizations are not involved in supporting terrorism and\u2063 that Americans\u2063 are not unwittingly financing violence. The IRS has not\u200b yet commented on\u200b the \u200dmatter.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the Ways and Means Committee plan to strengthen oversight and\u2064 regulations to prevent nonprofit organizations from financially supporting \u200bterrorism<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ys and Means\u2062 Committee has named several \u2062specific nonprofits that are under investigation for their ties to\u200c Hamas. One of the nonprofits on the committee&#8217;s radar is the Palestine Children&#8217;s Relief Fund (PCRF), which claims to provide\u2063 medical assistance to Palestinian children. However, there\u200d have been allegations\u2064 that PCRF has funding ties\u200c to Hamas and that some of its employees are\u2062 known Hamas operatives.<\/p>\n<p>Another \u200corganization under\u2064 scrutiny is \u2062the\u2063 American\u2064 Friends of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near\u2063 East). UNRWA has come under fire for \u2063its alleged ties to Hamas and for allowing anti-Israel rhetoric to be taught in its schools. The committee is concerned that American taxpayer\u2062 dollars are indirectly funding Hamas through these\u2063 nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation \u200calso extends to \u2064college campuses,\u2063 where there is growing evidence of pro-Hamas and anti-Semitic activities.\u200b The committee \u2062plans to examine the role of nonprofit organizations in funding and supporting these activities, as well as the \u200bpotential violation of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leah-remini-says-her-16-year-old-daughter-keeps-her-woke\/\" title=\"Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her \u2018Woke\u2019\">tax-exempt status<\/a> by these organizations.<\/p>\n<h3>Taking Legislative Action<\/h3>\n<p>The House Republicans on the Ways \u200cand Means Committee are \u200cdetermined to take \u200blegislative action to address these concerns. Rep. Smith highlighted the need to strengthen \u200coversight and regulations to prevent nonprofit organizations from financially supporting terrorism. The committee will be working on bipartisan legislation to close \u200dany loopholes and improve accountability \u2062for tax-exempt organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u2062 the\u2063 committee aims to enhance cooperation\u200b between the\u200d IRS and intelligence agencies \u200cto more effectively identify and \u2063investigate nonprofits with ties to terrorism. By sharing information and \u2062resources, they hope to shut down the\u200d flow of funding\u200b to terrorist organizations such as Hamas.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting \u2062American Taxpayers<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200binvestigation into Hamas-linked nonprofits by House Republicans is driven by the desire \u2062to protect American taxpayers from inadvertently \u200dfunding\u2062 violence and \u2063terrorism. \u2063It is crucial\u200d to\u2062 ensure\u2064 that tax-exempt organizations adhere to \u2062their stated purposes and do not provide support to terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 upcoming\u2062 congressional hearing on terror financing and \u200dantisemitism serves as an opportunity to shed light on\u2063 the activities of \u200cthese nonprofits and the\u2063 need for stricter regulations. By identifying specific organizations and their ties to Hamas, the \u2062committee\u2063 aims to take concrete steps \u2064towards addressing this issue\u2064 and safeguarding the interests\u200d of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, House Republicans on the Ways and \u200bMeans \u2063Committee are intensifying their investigation into Hamas-linked nonprofits. Their efforts are driven by concerns\u2064 over the misuse of tax-exempt status\u200b and the\u2063 potential funding of terrorism. Through legislative\u200d action \u200band enhanced cooperation, they\u2064 aim to\u2063 close loopholes \u200cand \u2064improve oversight to protect American taxpayers \u200bfrom unknowingly supporting\u2063 violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans on a key committee overseeing the IRS are investigating numerous Hamas-linked nonprofit groups while also working to identify others and plot out next legislative steps. Ahead of a Wednesday afternoon congressional hearing on terror financing, the House Ways and Means Committee has its sights set on a handful of charities that lawmakers worry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2099276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2099275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2099275","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}