The Ra’am party transferred funds to a Turkish association belonging to Hamas

Editorial, Israel24/7 February 13, 2024

The “Aid 48” association, which belongs to the Islamic movement, to which Ra’am also belongs, transferred hundreds of thousands of shekels to the “Hir Uma” association in Turkey, which the Shin Bet determined was belonged to Hamas.

No one in the West denounced the presence of this Islamic party in the Lapid coalition, on the other hand, the presence of religious Jewish parties seems to disturb the whole world.

The public prosecutor yesterday (Sunday) filed an indictment against an Arab citizen named Rami Habibullah, accused, among other things, of transferring sums of money to the “Khir Uma” association in Turkey, which belongs to Hamas .

According to the indictment, the money was transferred through a Hamas member named Abdel Jaber Shelbi, who lives in Turkey and heads the Hamas association.

The “Aid 48” association, the social branch of the Islamic movement – ??of which the Ra’am party is the political branch – transferred enormous sums to the Hamas association in Turkey through Shelb.

• In 2021, “Aid 48” transferred nearly 400,000 shekels to the “Khair Uma” association.
• Rami Habibala was prosecuted yesterday on the basis of the anti-terrorism law. He was also charged with contacting a foreign agent.
• The sister movement of the Ra’am party carried out the same actions.

A year ago, the association registration office contacted “Aid 48” and requested clarification on financial transfers amounting to millions of shekels to entities outside Israel.

• The first association on which clarification was requested was “Khir Uma” – whose activities take place in southern Turkey.
• What the register of associations did not know was that the Shin Bet determined that the Turkish association belonged to Hamas.
• In 2020, Hamas published on its website a joint project funded by “Aid 48” for the distribution of humanitarian aid and the establishment of a tent complex for refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border.
• The same year, another collaboration between “Aid 48” and “Khair Uma” in Lebanon was mentioned on the “All-Al-Arab” website.
• In 2017, a joint activity of “Khair Uma” and “Aid 48” took place as part of the month of Ramadan for Arab refugees. The event took place in the presence of the president of “Aid 48” and Hamas activist Shelbi, who heads the Turkish association.
• Summer camps are managed by “Aid 48” in collaboration with the Hamas association “Al-Camp Quds”.

In the past, a journalist revealed that members of the Ra’am party, through “Aid 48”, had cooperated with five terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria. Journalist Ila Hasson from Channel 11 also published an investigation into the link between “Aid 48” and Hamas.