FBI Notified By University Of California, Irvine Administrators Of Muslim Student Group Fundraising For Hamas

The Jewish Journal reports that administrators "at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have sent information to the FBI alleging that members of the university’s Muslim Student Union (MSU) collected money at a campus event, which was given to an organization that provided funds to Hamas. 'We have forwarded information to the FBI for them to pursue as they see appropriate,' UCI spokesperson Cathy Lawhon said. 'It seemed that the FBI would be the correct law enforcement agency to look into it to see if there was any validity.' Providing funds or support to Hamas, which appears on the U.S. State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations, could be a violation of federal law. The allegation, outlined in a letter to UCI chief campus counsel Diane Fields Geocaris by the New York-based Zionist Organization of America and forwarded to the U.S. Department of Justice, stems from what the group says is an eyewitness account that MSU members, despite filing a form with the campus promising that the May 21 event would not be a fundraiser, distributed collection boxes and solicited funds from an audience of more than 850 at a presentation by British politician George Galloway, co-founder of Viva Palestina, which organizes convoys for the stated purpose of bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza. Speaking at the UCI student center as part of the MSU’s two-week program, 'Israel: The Politics of Genocide,' Galloway called on listeners to support his next convoy to Gaza, the eyewitness reported. Based on statements made by convoy participant, rap musician M-1 (aka Mutulu Olugabala), the ZOA maintains that material support and resources were instead given to Gazan government officials in July. Federal officials have not issued a statement on the status of an investigation." Tweet