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| Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood financed Gaza flotilla, Israel says |
| 2026-07-19 |
| [NYPost] Israel’s foreign minister says Hamas financed the Gaza Aid flotilla and that one of the organization’s own activists was an agent of the terrorist group. Gideon Saar levelled the accusations at the global conference countering left-wing terrorism, chaired by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC Thursday. Saar claimed that Israel obtained internal Hamas documents that showed the terrorist group was secretly behind the Global Sumud Flotilla and used it as a front for its own murderous agenda. “Hamas documents seized by the IDF indicate financing, operational involvement, and covert ownership of the vessels through a Spanish shell company,” he said. The Muslim Brotherhood, alongside Hamas, funded and directed the flotilla via a shell company, Saar said, according to The Jerusalem Post. He pointed the finger at International Freedom Flotilla Coalition founder Zaher Birawi for allegedly being a Hamas agent. The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition is one of the groups behind the Global Sumud Flotilla, which has repeatedly attempted to sail to Gaza amid Israel’s war with Hamas. Hamas documents signed by former leader Ismail Haniyeh and obtained by the Israeli Defense Forces in 2021 state that Birawi is an agent of the terrorist group, Saar claimed. The US Treasury sanctioned Birawi along with another group he founded, the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad, for being linked with Hamas in January. “Senior Hamas activists are running these campaigns from Britain and other Western capitals,” Saar said. Flotilla activist and alleged sex pest Thiago Avila was also seen attending the funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in photos displayed by the foreign minister. Nasrallah was killed in a September 2024 Israeli airstrike after joining Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 rampage against the Jewish state that killed the most Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. Avila was accused of “sexual misconduct” with at least three volunteers on the flotilla by multiple left-wing activist groups. Related: Sumud: 2026-07-18 Breaking: Third Circuit Says Ban on 'Assault Weapons' and 'Large Capacity' Magazines Is Unconstitutional Sumud: 2026-07-15 'Pocket Ben-Gvir': The odious conservative counterattacked Netanyahu Sumud: 2026-07-13 Good Morning Related: Global Sumud Flotilla: 2026-07-18 Breaking: Third Circuit Says Ban on 'Assault Weapons' and 'Large Capacity' Magazines Is Unconstitutional Global Sumud Flotilla: 2026-06-29 ‘If they [Americans] keep pushing Israel into a corner, they will suffer most.’ ‘Israel's existence is not negotiable. It does not depend on superpowers or public opinion.’ Global Sumud Flotilla: 2026-06-24 Italy: Flotilla activists detained in Libya en route to Gaza have been released after a month Related: Zaher Birawi 12/22/2025 Hamas operative behind group leading anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian marches in UK – report Zaher Birawi 10/01/2025 Kommie Yacht Club X roundup as Israel preps for arrests, boat scuttling; docs show direct Hamas funding, execution of flotilla Zaher Birawi 06/11/2025 The Real Mastermind Behind Greta Thunberg's Gaza Flotilla Related: Thiago Avila 05/25/2026 'The resort is over.' A disgruntled minister is preparing to ruin Netanyahu's elections Thiago Avila 05/10/2026 Israel to deport two Gaza flotilla activists detained for past week Thiago Avila 05/06/2026 Court remands 2 flotilla activists until Sunday; lawyer claims one was on fishing trip |
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