(Ha'aretz) Baruch Kra and David Ratner - Leading figures in the Islamic Movement's northern branch, including movement leader Sheikh Ra'ad Salah, were indicted Tuesday in Haifa District Court, charged with membership in a terrorist group, money-laundering, conspiracy, contact with foreign agents, performing a service for an illegal organization, falsifying official documents, and providing information to the enemy. The National Fraud Squad says some of the Islamic Movement officials operated a mechanism for transferring funds from organizations identified with Hamas overseas to organizations identified with Hamas in the territories. According to suspicions, they raised tens of millions of dollars overseas from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and South Africa.
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