However they did not forsee or plan for the armed wing.
So people give to Hamas to help the poor unfortunates and some of it is syphoned off of to the armed wing.
Just like the Sein Fein in Northern Ireland, when a large number of Irish Americans used to financially support their kin folk in Ireland and money was syphoned off to the IRA
It is very very difficult to police any charity and what the money is used to buy, or whose salary it pays, especially when it is a world wide Charity.
The best thing to do is cancel the tax free charity status of all organisations (including churches and religious organisations, red cross etc).
All charities throughout the world must declare all their income and spendings in detail. If they do not want to do it, then close them down.
The only reason they would not want to do it is becuase they are doing something illegal or embarassing.
bin laden is also revered throughout that fetid region for giving money to the poor people there. Does that mean we should just ignore the "armed wing" of al qaeda and treat them as just another political group?