U.S.-Based Entities Can’t Be Allowed to Aid Hamas

On June 8, the Israel Defense Forces pulled off a daring rescue mission, freeing four Israeli hostages held for nearly 250 days since the October 7 terrorist attack. Soon after, the world learned that three of these hostages were held captive by Abdallah Aljamal, a so-called journalist who was, in reality, a Hamas operative and spokesman.

Not as well known but equally disturbing is the fact that Aljamal was receiving financial and other support from a U.S.-based, nonprofit news organization, People Media Project, which operates the Palestine Chronicle, for which Aljamal wrote. Because the Palestine Chronicle has tax-exempt status, U.S. taxpayer dollars essentially subsidized Hamas’s hostage operations.

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Mark Goldfeder

Mark Goldfeder is CEO of the National Jewish Advocacy Center and a law professor at Touro Law School.

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Jason Torchinsky

Jason Torchinsky is an attorney representing Almog Meir Jan.

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On June 8, the Israel Defense Forces pulled off a daring rescue mission, freeing four Israeli hostages held for nearly 250 days since the October 7 terrorist attack. Soon after, the world learned that three of these hostages were held captive by Abdallah Aljamal, a so-called journalist who was, in reality, a Hamas operative and spokesman.

Not as well known but equally disturbing is the fact that Aljamal was receiving financial and other support from a U.S.-based, nonprofit news organization, People Media Project, which operates the Palestine Chronicle, for which Aljamal wrote. Because the Palestine Chronicle has tax-exempt status, U.S. taxpayer dollars essentially subsidized Hamas’s hostage operations.