December 4 is the anniversary of the US regime seizing the assets of The Holy Land Foundation in 2001. This Palestinian-run charity was the largest Muslim charity in the United States, and its purpose was to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine.

The US regime of course did not appreciate this action. They declared the charity a terrorist organisation with the claim that they were providing material support to win the hearts and minds of Palestinian people for Hamas. They provided no evidence to back their claims, and even acknowledged that all of the money went entirely towards humanitarian aid. But an Israeli intelligence officer testified that he “could smell Hamas”. That was good enough for the US regime. They sentenced 5 of their directors to very length prison terms for the crime of feeding the hungry.

Today of course, the situation isn’t much better. Israel continues to label humanitarian groups as terrorists, and blocks humanitarian efforts in Gaza entirely when they get too upset with the uppity natives. To avoid appearing completely heartless, the US regime has recently promised $100 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the Palestine people. This is substantially less than the amount that another Palestinian charity was ordered to pay in another questionable court decision, not to mention the funds that were seized from the HLF.