Qatar’s Web of Influence Exposed in Dutch Hamas Financing Trial

On 28 Novem­ber 2024, Kees Broer, a Dutch blog­ger who attend­ed all the pre-tri­al hear­ings, report­ed that a key expert wit­ness in a Hamas financ­ing tri­al, fund­ed by Qatar and alleged­ly linked to Hamas lead­er­ship, has direct finan­cial con­nec­tions to the defen­dan­t’s fam­i­ly, prompt­ing pros­e­cu­tion objec­tions. The arti­cle begins:

Dur­ing the pre-tri­al hear­ing in the case against Amin Abou Rashed for Hamas financ­ing on Novem­ber 28, 2024, a very strange rela­tion­ship comes to light. The defense has reg­is­tered Ramy Abdu as an expert wit­ness. It has now emerged that the wife of Dutch Hamas fundrais­er Amin Abou Rashed is employed by Ramy Abdu. The Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tion Ser­vice has there­fore object­ed to the court…

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Key Points:

1. Ramy Abdu pro­posed as an expert wit­ness, employs the defen­dan­t’s wife, and ranks eighth on a list of Euro­pean Hamas leaders.
2. The Qatar-fund­ed Euro-Mediter­ranean Human Rights Mon­i­tor, led by Abdu, alleged­ly pro­vid­ed instruc­tions for con­ceal­ing mon­ey trans­fers to Gaza.
3. The defense sub­mit­ted a list of 70 wit­ness­es, all reject­ed by pros­e­cu­tors due to Hamas connections.
4. The pros­e­cu­tion revealed that anoth­er ISRAA board mem­ber also works for Abdu’s orga­ni­za­tion, fur­ther com­pli­cat­ing claims of independence.