{"id":520931,"date":"2026-07-02T02:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520931\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T02:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:54:16","slug":"new-york-woman-charged-with-funneling-30k-to-palestinian-terror-group-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520931\/","title":{"rendered":"New York woman charged with funneling $30K to Palestinian terror group: DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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FIRST ON FOX: A New York<\/a> woman accused of leading a radical extremist group and posing with hand grenades in front of a Hamas flag has been arrested after allegedly funneling tens of thousands of dollars to a Palestinian terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

Catherine Beth Washburn, 37, of Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester, is charged with attempting to provide material support to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Washburn was the leader of the Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL), a radical organization formed in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

The federal complaint noted that DAMPL rejects peaceful protests, opting instead for “direct action,” including property destruction and acts of sabotage against entities it associates with Israel.<\/p>\n

FBI ARRESTS 4 ALLEGED MEMBERS OF RADICAL PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP ACCUSED OF PLOTTING NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE BOMBINGS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Catherine Beth Washburn pictured with two hand grenades in front of Hamas flag. (DOJ)<\/p>\n

Communications recovered by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force<\/a> revealed messages to a person claiming to be an active PIJ fighter in Gaza, where Washburn allegedly said she hated Jewish people “very much” and wished Israel “would disappear.”<\/p>\n

“I wish every day were October 7th,” Washburn is accused of writing in one exchange. “If I lived in Gaza, I would fight alongside the resistance.”<\/p>\n

Later, she allegedly said she felt “excited every time I see news of the killing of an occupation soldier.”<\/p>\n

MAN LINKED TO HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL INDICTED IN LOUISIANA FOR CONSPIRING TO SUPPORT TERRORIST GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pro-Palestinian protesters participate in a rally in Times Square in New York City, Oct. 13, 2023. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

MAN LINKED TO HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL INDICTED IN LOUISIANA FOR CONSPIRING TO SUPPORT TERRORIST GROUP<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo said Washburn went to “great lengths” to finance violence, driven by “her self-described hate of Israel and Jewish people.”<\/p>\n

Financial records show she sent roughly 80 cryptocurrency transfers totaling more than $30,000 to an account used by the PIJ fighter.<\/p>\n

In a November 2025 message, she allegedly joked about the illicit activities, writing, “Based on my passed [sic] fundraising<\/a> and posting Im [sic] gonna get put away for a few life times,” accompanied by a laughing emoji.<\/p>\n

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Catherine Beth Washburn is accused of texting with a terrorist and transferring funds. (Fox News, File)<\/p>\n

FBI Counterterrorism Division Acting Assistant Director Coult Markovsky said anyone who provides assistance to violent organizations will be held responsible.<\/p>\n

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“This individual, as alleged in the criminal complaint, provided money to a foreign terrorist organization engaged in acts of violence,” Markovsky said. “The FBI is committed to cutting off funding to terrorist groups<\/a> and will continue to work side-by-side with our Justice Department partners to make sure anyone who engages in terrorism or provides assistance to such organizations is held fully accountable in our justice system.”<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital Editor, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A New York woman accused of leading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[181768,12211,51,85,46,43145,43,98,208],"class_list":["post-520931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-counter-terrorism","tag-fbi","tag-hamas","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-justice-department","tag-news","tag-terrorism","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}