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The Muslim Brotherhood created the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) to "collect donations for the Islamic Resistance Movement [Hamas]," according to "overwhelming evidence presented at trial," government attorneys said in their response to defense appeals.
HLF, once the nation's largest Muslim charity, and five former officials, were convicted in 2008 on 108 counts tied to illegal support for Hamas. Defense attorneys raised a dozen issues in seeking to have the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturn the convictions, emphasizing testimony given by anonymous Israeli security officials, challenging the admission of evidence and testimony and arguing that imagery involving Hamas attacks unfairly inflamed juror emotions.
HLF's Hamas connections were shown through a variety of evidence, the government brief said. HLF fundraising events drew from "a stable of overseas speakers" which "included several well-known Hamas leaders."