In 2023, the Soros family's Open Society Foundations donated $250,000 to the European arm of the Al-Haq Human Rights Organization, a designated terrorist organization in Israel, according to a grant database.
israel government decided Al-Haq was said to be “a division” of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). US designation Designated as a terrorist organization in 2021. In addition to the Israeli government's designation, Al-Haq's general managerShawan Jabarin is was convicted of a crime While arranging recruitment and training for the PFLP in 1985, some members of the PFLP made comments supporting extremist groups such as Hamas.
last year This was not the first time the Soros family's philanthropic network provided funding to al-Haq. open society foundation donated However, the recent donation is the first time the Soros network has disclosed new donations to Al-Haq since the Israeli government designated it a terrorist organization. (Related: Elite law school encourages students to work for Israeli-designated terrorist organization)
The Open Society Foundations' grant to Al-Haq “supports human rights, legal research, and advocacy work in Europe,” according to the grant database.
“Al-Haq, a Palestinian NGO with ties to the internationally designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has for many years sought to exclude Israel as a Jewish nation-state and to legitimize a Jewish state. A previously unpublished report written by the Israeli monitoring group NGO Monitor and obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation states: “A central aspect of al-Haq's operations is , to argue to Western elites, including members of parliament, government officials, diplomats, academics, journalists, and students, that Israel is inherently illegitimate.
Al-Haq “performed surgery'' [the PFLP’s] According to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, it operates as part of the terrorist organization's struggle against Israel and on its instructions. The PFLP fired rockets at civilians, hijacked planes, and ordered suicide bombings. According to to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Al-Haq leader Jabarin attended a memorial service for the PFLP leader in 2019. According to Regarding Palestinian media reports.
Shawan Jabarin, head of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq, gestured and spoke at the group's offices days after the Israeli attack. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)
Ashir al-Bajeh Legal researchers and advocacy personnel In al-Haq, Reposted be quotation from Ismail Haniyaa senior Hamas political leader said that October 7, 2023 was the day Hamas carried out a major terrorist attack across Israel, killing 1,200 people, as well as mass rapes and kidnappings. Ahmed Aboufoul another al-Haq legal researchers and advocacy officers; said X said the UN Secretary-General's call for Hamas to stop killing civilians and release hostages was “morally abhorrent” because “Palestinian resistance” was “recognized by international law”. .
Aboufoul defends PFLP with X, According to To the Washington Examiner. Ziad Maidan, al-Haq's training chief, encouraged Palestinians to attack Israel and praised “jihad” days after the Oct. 7 attack.
alhak deny Link to PFLP. open society foundation condemned Israel designated al-Haq as a terrorist organization in 2022 and said it “continues to be fully committed to supporting al-Haq.”
The Open Society Foundations was previously led by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, whose son took over the organization in 2023. Alex Soros described himself as more “political” than his father in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
A spokesperson for the Open Society Foundations told DCNF, “There are strict anti-terrorism laws in the United States that determine which organizations foundations like OSF can fund.” “We work hard to ensure full compliance. None of our partners have been designated as sponsors of terrorism under U.S. law.”
Al-Haq did not respond to DCNF's request for comment.
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