Hamas Used U.S. To Derail Peace Effort

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- A U.S. federal appeals court has determined that Hamas
employed the United States to derail an Israeli peace initiative with the
Palestinians.
The federal appeals court in Texas ruled that Hamas invested heavily in
its presence in the United States during the 1990s. The 5th Circuit court,
in a Dec. 7 decision that upheld the conviction of five Hamas-aligned
Muslims, said the Palestinian Islamic movement raised money for and drafted
strategy to torpedo the Israeli-Palestine Liberation Organization agreement
in 1993.