Committee for Charity and Support for the Palestinians
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CBSP at an expo Committee for Charity and Support for the Palestinians （CBSP） or Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens
（CBSP） is a French-based registered charitable organization that was founded in 1990 to provide aid to vulnerable Palestinians.
Its current president is Mahmood Zuheir.
The CBSP's states its humanitarian mission is to provide emergency assistance and develop sustainable economic and social programs in partnership with local organizations so as to assist the most needy segments of the Palestinian population in Gaza,
the West Bank, and Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon.
In 2010 the organization had around 30 employees and 350 volunteers and received donations from 70,000 donors.
CBSP's states its work programme is made up of four focus areas: Seven members of the group participated in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in 2010.
In August 2003, the CBSP was listed by the United States Treasury as a terrorist funding organization, also under the allegation that the organization fundraised for Hamas.
In November 2003, Australia announced it had frozen the assets of six leaders of Hamas, along with those of a number of charitable institutions - one
of which was the CBSP. Spokesperson Youcef Benderbal of the CBSP denied the allegations, stating that "Everyone, especially the French authorities,
knows that our efforts and donations are solely directed to charities with a defined aim of supporting the orphans and establishing development
projects to benefit them." CBSP has been involved in legal proceedings against groups accusing them of financing terrorism.
In 2006, CBSPs bank Crédit Lyonnais were sued by a group of Americans who claimed that the bank knowingly allowed money to be funneled to Hamas via its acco...