Notes:[1] Matthew A. Levitt, “Hamas from Cradle to Grave” in Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2004. http://www.meforum.org/article/582.[2] Reuters, May 27, 1998.[3] "A May 2002 Interview with the Hamas Commander of the al-Qassam Brigades," The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), July 24, 2002, at http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP40302. Hamas web site “Salah Shhada…Qa’ed Al Qassamiyoun Yatakalam” (Salah Shihada the Qassam Brigades Commander Speaks). http://www.palestine-info.info/arabic/hamas/shuhda/2002/salah_shhada/salahhh.htm[4] Reuters, July 31, 2001.See also Dale L. Watson, assistant director for counterterrorism, FBI, "Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Action Memorandum," memorandum to R. Richard Newcomb, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Nov. 5, 2001. http://nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/HLF/WatsonMemo.pdf[5] Ibid.[6] "U.S. Designates Five Charities Funding Hamas and Six Senior Hamas Leaders as Terrorist Entities," Office of Public Affairs, Department of the Treasury, Aug. 22, 2003, at http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js672.htm.[7] "Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks against Israeli Civilians," Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2002, p. 63, http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-05.htm#TopOfPage[8] http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39485&Itemid=40 1.10.2008[9] http://qudsnet.com/arabic/news.php?maa=View&id=82845 1.10.2008[10] http://www.iugaza.edu/ar/Media/Adv.aspx?AdvId=5043 28.10.2008 [11] http://www.homatalaqsa.com/ar/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=630 5.10.2008[12] http://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=308996 11.10.2008