CIAO DATE: 05/06

A Hamas Headquarters in Saudi Arabia?

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

By Matthew Levitt

Peace Watch #521
September 28, 2005

Abstract

Israeli authorities on September 27 announced the arrest of an Israeli-Arab Hamas activist who played central militant, political, and financing roles for the group in coordination with what Israeli authorities described as a "Hamas command in Saudi Arabia." The arrest is just the latest evidence that support for Hamas in particular and Islamic extremism in general continues to emanate from within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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