Israel accuses four Spanish NGOs of channeling funds to Hamas

Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism has accused four Spanish non-governmental organizations of directly or indirectly channeling funds to Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FPLP), both designated as terrorist organizations by the European Union. The accused organizations are Paz con Dignidad, Rumbo a Gaza, the Malaga-based Al Quds, and the Spanish branch of the UK-based Islamic NGO Human Appeal.

The report, however, does not present clear evidence directly linking any of the NGOs to financing armed struggle in Palestine. It focuses on alleged financial connections to entities that Israel identifies as supporting terrorism. Human Appeal Spain, for instance, was reportedly banned by Israel in 2008 due to financial ties with Union of Good, which the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center describes as a "channeler" of charitable funds to Hamas.

Regarding Rumbo a Gaza, Israel associates its founders with Ismail Haniyeh, a former political leader of Hamas, the Iranian television channel HispanTV, and the Turkish NGO IHH, which Israel considers terrorist due to its links with Union of Good. Paz con Dignidad is accused of having ties with Al Auda, described as the "health branch of Hamas," to which Paz con Dignidad allegedly transferred over 759,000 euros before August 2025.

The Association Al Quds is implicated because the director of one of its recipient entities, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), was convicted by an Israeli court for belonging to Hamas. The report notes that Spanish NGOs funding Palestinian causes often use credit card payments, bank transfers, or payment apps, unlike some European models favoring crowdfunding. It also claims that since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, Spain has become a "convenient base for pro-Palestinian organizations to raise funds and promote anti-Israeli narratives."