DALLAS – When jurors deliberate the fate of five former officials at the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), they'll have something jurors in last year's mistrial didn't have.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis admitted into evidence three exhibits from the Palestinian Authority (PA) that were seized by Israeli soldiers in 2002. Among them is a letter to the head of the PA General Intelligence office identifying the Ramallah Zakat committee as belonging to Hamas.
That's significant because the Ramallah committee is among the Palestinian charities that received HLF contributions. The defendants are charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas by routing millions of dollars to the terrorist group through a group of charities known as zakat committees.
The evidence was admitted after attorneys argued outside the jury's presence Monday morning. After that, an Israeli intelligence officer testifying under the pseudonym "Major Lior," discussed how some of the evidence was obtained. Israel raided PA offices after a spate of terrorist attacks in Israel, he said. He did not describe the documents in detail. Read more ...
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis admitted into evidence three exhibits from the Palestinian Authority (PA) that were seized by Israeli soldiers in 2002. Among them is a letter to the head of the PA General Intelligence office identifying the Ramallah Zakat committee as belonging to Hamas.
That's significant because the Ramallah committee is among the Palestinian charities that received HLF contributions. The defendants are charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas by routing millions of dollars to the terrorist group through a group of charities known as zakat committees.
The evidence was admitted after attorneys argued outside the jury's presence Monday morning. After that, an Israeli intelligence officer testifying under the pseudonym "Major Lior," discussed how some of the evidence was obtained. Israel raided PA offices after a spate of terrorist attacks in Israel, he said. He did not describe the documents in detail. Read more ...
Source: IPT News
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