Amin Abu Rashid

Who is Amin Abu Rashid?

Amin Abu Rashid, nicknamed "Amin Abu-Ibrahim", is a Palestinian-Dutch national, best known for his activism for Hamas and Gaza-bound flotillas.

According to a U.S. government exhibit and other sources, Rashid was a member of the Al-Aqsa Foundation in Rotterdam. The al-Aqsa Foundation has been described by the United States as a "critical part of Hamas' transnational terrorist support infrastructure" which "uses humanitarian relief as cover to provide support to the Hamas terrorist organization". In May 2003 the al-Aqsa Foundation was designated by the United States Department of the Treasury as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. As a result of this designation, all assets of the al-Aqsa Foundation have been blocked. Other nations, including the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Switzerland, have also banned the al-Aqsa Foundation.

In 2009, the Palestine News Network reported that Rashid was the Secretary General of the Popular Forum in the Netherlands.

In December 2009, Middle East Monitor described him as the head of a delegation from the Conference of Palestinians in Europe.