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Samidoun: What You Need to Know
New York, NY, October 15, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the decision by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, in a joint action with Canada, officially designating the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, or “Samidoun,” as a sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
“We applaud the decision by the U.S. Treasury Department to sanction the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. This is an organization that has openly praised the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and encourages engagement with a radical antisemitic, anti-Zionist social media channel that regularly features pro-Hamas propaganda and violent anti-Israel imagery. This organization should not have the ability to raise funds for terrorism in the United States or in any democracy.
“Today’s action by Treasury will help to ensure that funds raised through the illicit activities of this sham organization do not reach the hands of terrorists overseas. This action also should serve as a challenge to other anti-Israel groups who collaborate with Samidoun. This is a moment of truth for them to decide whether they will continue to partner with a sham charity that is a front for FPLP fundraising.
“We deeply appreciate the governments of the U.S. and Canada for taking action and continuing to seek ways to disrupt the flow of finances to the PFLP, Hamas and other terrorist organizations.”
On multiple occasions ADL has shared intelligence about Samidoun’s activities with Congress and the Administration, and encouraged the government to take action against them. Samidoun chapters in the U.S., Canada and other Western countries campaign on behalf of Palestinians imprisoned in those nations, including those arrested or convicted for alleged involvement in terror activity or “direct actions" for Palestinians, according to the ADL Center on Extremism. The group has been explicit in their support for those convicted and accused of acts related to terrorism.
In July, Oren Segal, Vice President of the ADL Center on Extremism, testified before the Ways and Means Committee and ADL briefed the administration about Samidoun, its rhetorical support for terror, and overlap with PFLP networks and propaganda.
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