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Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood financed Gaza flotilla, Israel says
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused Hamas of financing and covertly controlling the Global Sumud Flotilla through a Spanish shell company, based on internal Hamas documents obtained by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
- Saar alleged that Zaher Birawi, founder of the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is a Hamas agent, citing Hamas documents signed by former leader Ismail Haniyeh and US Treasury sanctions against Birawi for Hamas links.
- Saar claimed senior Hamas activists operate these campaigns from Western capitals, including Britain, and accused the flotilla of providing civilian cover and legitimacy to terrorist organizations.
- Photos shown by Saar linked flotilla activist Thiago Avila, accused of sexual misconduct by fellow activists, to the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in September 2024.
- The accusations were made at a global conference on countering left-wing terrorism chaired by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC.
