Credit card donation option for "Smidon" organization, whose people are affiliated with terrorist and BDS activities - blocked • Investigation revealed the information the management was trying to hide

• Demonstration of the Popular Front in Judea and Samaria // Photo: IP

Another blow to the "Smidon" organization purporting to engage in human rights and whose name has been linked to the Popular Front. As a result of the activities of the International Legal Forum, the possibility of donation was blocked by a credit card for an organization linked to a terrorist organization and the BDS movement.

An in-depth investigation by the International Legal Forum has revealed Smidon's connection to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. According to the findings of the investigation, "Smidon" is in fact an arm in the international strategic front of the Front, and is an integral part of it.

Trump signs a decree against anti-Semitism and BDS // Photo: From the White House Twitter account

For example, Khaled Barakat, the director of "Smidon," is the international arm of the Popular Front. Other activists are also members of the Popular Front. A number of events and demonstrations held by Smidon raise the flags of the Popular Front. "Smidon" disguises the connection to the Popular Front, hiding important information about the identity of his employees and their roles, and also publishes in English language radically different messages from those written in the Arabic language.

After repeated inquiries from the International Credit Card Companies Master Card, Visa and American Express, the possibility of donating to Credit Card has been blocked, an organization that presents itself as a Palestinian prisoner, but is an integral part of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is defined as a terrorist organization. By the State of Israel, the European Union and the United States.

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"Smidon" works closely with several Palestinian third sector organizations that are leading delegitimization campaigns against the State of Israel. Many of its activists are members and leaders of anti-state boycott organizations in the United States.

This step comes after a widespread activity by the international legal forum led by Attorney Yefa Segal, which revealed to the companies evidence that paints a clear picture. According to the information, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine presents an allegedly legitimate visage of human rights activism to spread its message and mobilize donations and activists .

Earlier this year, as a result of the activities of the International Legal Forum, paypal, Donorbox and Plaid also closed their financial services to Smidon following his connection to terrorism.

Attorney Yifah Segal said: "Welcomes the important progress in the fight against terrorism and delegitimization to the State of Israel. A host of financial bodies have chosen to close the terrorist financing tap and I believe more companies will join them. We are determined to continue eliminating any form of terrorist financing, visible or covert. "