Nasser Mashni 's Olive Kids charity may be funding terror group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) activities in Australia, but Albanese and Wong don't really care

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

Skynews reported in November 2023 that Australia Palestine Advocacy Network President Nasser Mashni 's charity, Olive Kids,  was funding the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group.

Despite being designated a terrorist organisation by the United States the PFLP has been 

PFLP has been  prominent at Sydney pro-HAMAS rallies. Skynews also reported tat PFLP was found to have been involved in money laundering. Given that the PFLP has that ability it is not unlikely that money sent to  by Nasser and associates for widows and  orphans is then redirected in whole or in part for activities in Australia, including the highly disruptive pro-HAMAS rallies seen in Melbourne and Sydney which have gone on for over a year. 

 Given the AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw's suggestion that foreign actors are financing jihadi activities in Australia , the likelihood of PFLP activities in Australia being financed from an offshore source that is ultimately Australian cannot be dismissed. Australia has after all proven to be a reliable and strong source of terrorist , jihadi, financing. 

There is nothing sophisticated or exceptional about this type of activity, so by appearing with Nasser Mashni at her office Penny Wong, and her prime minister Anthony Albanese seem to be signalling that they are happy to tolerate a certain level of money laundering and terrorist financing to the detriment of Australia's national interest, in furtherance of the Palestinian cause which they both hold dear. 

    Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine prominent at peaceful Sunday pro- Hamas rally in Sydney CBD

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The US State Department designated the PFLP as a foreign terrorist organization on 8 October 1997. The State Department designated the group a terrorist organization under Executive Order 13224 for the purpose of financial sanctions against it on 31 October 2001.

https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/pflp_fto.html