Posted to YouTube – 8/11/2016.
Lede:
Hamas infiltrated a large international aid organization operating in Gaza and redirected tens of millions of dollars – 60 percent – of the organization’s budget to its “military” wing, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Thursday, following an investigation that lasted almost two months.
The World Vision organization, which operates in 100 countries and employs 46,000 people, fell victim to a complex Hamas takeover scheme, a senior Shin Bet source said, adding that Hamas’s armed wing stole $7.2 million a year from the budget, which was supposed to pay for food, humanitarian assistance, and aid programs for disabled children, and channeled the funds to buy weapons, build attack tunnels, and to other preparations for war with Israel.
http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ngos-humanitarian-aid-and-hamas-connections/ – 8/11/2016
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2016/08/israel-palestinians-aid-conflict-hamas.html – 8/9/2016:
“World Vision’s cumulative operating budget in Gaza for the past ten years was approximately $22.5 million, which makes the alleged amount of up to $50 million being diverted hard to reconcile,” the statement read.
The NGO has suspended its operations in Gaza.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/russia-invites-hamas-terror-leader-to-moscow/ – 8/4/2016.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russias-foreign-minister-meets-with-hamas/ – 8/4/2016.
https://article.wn.com/view/2016/04/04/Press_release_on_Deputy_Foreign_Minister_Mikhail_Bogdanov_s_/ – 4/4/2016.
Older News Involving Hamas and Its Exploitation of Children
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5230/hamas-army-children – 2/18/2015.
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/180400/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels – 7/25/2014.
Posted to YouTube 5/25/2016.
Hamas, Human Shields, Children
http://nypost.com/2015/05/02/un-report-outlines-how-hamas-used-kids-as-human-shields/ – 5/2/2015.
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/08/07/conclusive-proof-that-hamas-uses-palestinians-as-human-shields/ – 8/7/2014:
On August 5, the Israeli Army released copies of an official Hamas manual that it discovered in the Shuja’iya neighborhood of Gaza, where one of the fiercest battles of the war was fought.
It’s titled “Urban Warfare,” and it was produced by Hamas’s Shuja’iya Brigade.The manual includes detailed instructions on how to use the civilians of Gaza against Israel. It explains how because of Israel’s concern about civilian casualties, Hamas can use the “presence of civilians” to its military advantage. Having civilians nearby causes the Israelis “(1) Problems with opening fire; (2) Problems in controlling the civilian population during operations and afterward; (3) Assurance of supplying medical care to civilians who need it.”
The “Urban Warfare” manual also emphasizes the benefits of damage to civilian property: “The destruction of civilian homes: This increases the hatred of the citizens towards the attackers [the IDF] and increases their gathering [support] around the city defenders (resistance forces[i.e. Hamas]).”
Gaza’s Billionaires
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/28/gazas-millionaires-and-billionaires-how-hamass-leaders-got-rich-quick/ – 7/28/2016.
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