According to a report by the Washington Examiner, President Joe Biden's National Security Council (NSC) hosted a representative from Rahma Worldwide, a medical non-profit organization that has worked with Hamas on multiple occasions.
According to the Examiner, the NSC met with Rahma Worldwide CEO Shadi Zaza and other Syrian-American community leaders at the Eisenhower Executive Building on September 11 to discuss how the US can counter Assad's regime in Syria. ReportedHowever, Zaza's group signed a cooperation agreement with Hamas in August, and Zaza himself was photographed alongside Hamas officials just days before the terrorist group carried out an attack in Israel on October 7, 2023.
“We have spoken at length about our condemnation of Hamas and the horrific atrocities they committed on October 7,” an NSC spokesman told the Examiner, stressing that they were unaware of Rahm's ties to Hamas. An anonymous senior Republican Senate official who works on national security issues told the Examiner that “any official who allows an open supporter of a foreign terrorist organization like Hamas into the Eisenhower Executive Office Building is either woefully incompetent or fully supports Hamas.” (Related: Tim Walz administration awards millions to groups that raised funds for al-Qaeda-linked organizations)
A source familiar with the matter told the Examiner that the NSC meeting was run by “working-level staff” and was not attended by White House leadership.
According to Palestinian media reviewed by the Examiner, Rahm reached an agreement with Hamas' Gaza Health Ministry in August to organize blood drives in Gaza. show Active in Gaza, food, Hygiene products and Pharmaceuticals To the local people.
About a year ago, officials from the Hamas-run Ministry of Social Development were photographed with Rahma staff and Zaza on an aid mission to low-income families in Gaza, the Examiner reported. The meeting with the Hamas officials took place around the same time that Rahma received about $175,000 through a Ministry of Health and Human Services grant to run a vaccination program, federal records show. show.
“It's astonishing that Rahmah leaders are meeting and cooperating with Hamas leaders in the same week they receive government funding,” Sam Westrop of the Middle East Forum told the Examiner. “This is federal government sponsoring terrorism.”
Boys watch smoke rise from an Israeli military attack in eastern Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas continues. (AFP)
But Rama denied any links to terrorism, telling the Daily Caller News Foundation that “any statement suggesting collaboration with any political group or extremist group is completely false and misleading.”
“Rahma Worldwide is a humanitarian organization in the strictest sense, operating in full compliance with international humanitarian standards,” a Rahma official told DCNF. “Our work in Gaza and elsewhere is focused solely on providing essential services, such as medical assistance, food distribution and support to vulnerable communities.”
The spokesman stressed that Rama “must work closely with local government and security agencies to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches those in need.”
Rahm has a history of close ties to Hamas, and Zaza met with Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official at the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development, in 2021. According to For social media posts.
If the federal government determines that Rama is actively collaborating with Hamas, the company's tax-exempt status could be called into question.
“Therefore, not only should they be held liable for criminal and civil charges for providing material support to terrorism and aiding a foreign terrorist organization, but they should also violate IRS 501(c)(3) rules and have their tax-exempt status revoked,” Mark Greendorfer, an attorney with the Zacho Law Institute, told the Examiner.
The White House and NSC did not immediately respond to DCNF's requests for comment.
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