[The Local-Sweden] Proceedings began on Monday in Malmo to determine whether or not donations to the al-Aqsa Spannmal, the Swedish branch of the al-Aqsa Foundation, were being used to support Hamas. The foundation has collected more than 4 million kronor ($476,000) which it contends is used to help support Palestinian orphans and other humanitarian efforts. But prosecutors allege that al-Aqsa funds were sent to Hamas. "The case isn't about taking a stance in the conflict, but about the fact that Hamas has been labeled a terrorist organization by the EU," said prosecutor Agnetha Hilding Qvarnstrom.
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