Holy Land Supporters Hold Signs For Sandwiches

You may have seen them on the sidewalk across from the federal courts building downtown, holding signs protesting the ongoing retrial of the Holy Land Foundation. Upon closer examination, however, it seems that most of the protesters aren’t HLF sympathizers so much as homeless people who’ve been hired to hold the placards and banners in exchange for sandwiches. “We’re feeding the homeless people of Dallas, and they’re all supporters of the cause,” says organizer Hadi Jawad, chairman of the Dallas Peace Center’s Iraq War Committee. “We’re contending that it’s OK to feed hungry people, just like [the HLF people] on trial were feeding the hungry of Palestine.” The feds say the Richardson-based foundation actually was funneling money to Hamas, which the government calls a terrorist group.