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“Islamist” presence in various charitable organizations, including ICS Hebron,
Nablus, Tulkarem, and Jenin.
      Shorbagi also identified Jamil Hamami as a Hamas member, but there
was ample evidence of this fact. Hamami was associated with the Islamic
Science and Culture Center in the West Bank, to which HLF donated almost half
a million dollars before the center was closed in 1996. Levitt and Avi both
identified Hamami as a Hamas leader, although he apparently had a falling out
with Hamas in the mid-1990s. Hamami was the speaker at the center of the
dispute between HLF and Ashqar in 1994 when Marzook and the Palestine
Committee intervened. He was further identified as a ranking Hamas leader
in the UASR book aboutHamas found in Odeh’s office. Furthermore, the search
of HLF offices uncovered a UASR publication that referred to Hamami as a
Hamas leader. The publication, The Middle East Affairs Journal, HLF Search
No. 108, was published in 1998 and stated that Sheikh Yassin assigned Hamami
to establish a Hamas branch in the West Bank. It also reported that Hamami
became the liaison between the Hamas command in the West Bank and the
leadership in Gaza. Hamami was also videotaped with Baker and El-Mezain at
a 1990 fundraising event. On the video, Mushtaha exhibit 1, Baker specifically
thanked Hamami for his presence. On another video, Infocom No. 67, Hamami
was seen at a school construction site thanking Baker, El-Mezain, and HLF for
their support. This evidence contradicted a sworn declaration from Baker
wherein he had denied that he and other