08.12.2011                      12.Kislev. 5772

Gericht:

Muslim charity leaders lose appeal in Hamas case

US federal appeals court upholds convictions of Holy Land Foundation leaders for funneling money and supplies to Hamas.

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of five leaders of an Islamic charity on charges of funneling money and supplies to Hamas, which the United States designates as a terrorist group.
The organizers of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation argued they were denied a fair trial in 2008 when the government used secret Israeli witnesses to testify against them. The organizers also raised a host of constitutional challenges to the evidence presented against them at trial….