(NBC) A pro-Hamas organization that has helped organize protests on American college campuses is a “sham charity” that fundraises for a terrorist group, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.
In a joint action by the U.S. and Canadian governments, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, or Samidoun, was sanctioned by the Treasury Department and listed as a terrorist entity by the government in Canada, where it is based.
NBC News interviewed the co-founder of the group earlier this month. Charlotte Kates, Samidoun’s international coordinator, said that the Vancouver-based organization advocates for the rights of Palestinians, particularly those locked up in Israeli prisons.
