In 2004 US federal agents arrested five Palestinian-American fathers leading to an inconclusive trial in 2007. A year later a re-trial, marked by highly questionable procedures, resulted in guilty verdicts and lengthy sentences for supporting terrorism
However the charities for which they were fund-raising had long worked with the US federal government itself and several respected international charities.
Author and campaigner Miko Peled has produced a thoroughly researched and illuminating book on the trial, its background and consequences.
Just how fair and impartial was their trial? New Chapter examines Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five by Miko Peled and considers the course of American justice.
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