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Al-Aqsa Foundation

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The al-Aqsa Foundation (originally named Al-Aqsa E.V.) is an entity established in 1991 as a non-profit organisation that some Western governments have said is linked to Hamas. In 2003 the U.S. Treasury Department designated the foundation as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity." The head office of the foundation was located in Germany until it was closed by the German authorities in July 2002. The organisation is known to have local branch offices in the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Pakistan, South Africa, Yemen and elsewhere.

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The al-Aqsa Foundation is a charity the US Treasury designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity in 2003 for its links to Hamas. The 2010 opening described it as having "alleged ties to the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas" and quoted US officials calling it "a critical part of Hamas' transnational terrorist support infrastructure." Today's opening keeps the 2003 designation but drops the description of Hamas as a militant organization and drops the "critical part of Hamas' transnational terrorist support infrastructure" characterization; the word survives twice elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that the US government specifically called the foundation a critical part of Hamas' transnational terrorist support infrastructure.
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