As of 2009 the Council on Foreign Relations estimates Hamas's annual budget at $70 million.[175]
In the early 2000s the
largest backer of Hamas was Saudi Arabia, with over 50% of its funds coming from that country,[176] mainly through Islamic charity organizations.[177] An earlier estimate by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated a $50 million annual budget, mostly supplied by private charitable associations but with $12 million
supplied directly by Gulf states, primarily Saudi Arabia, and a further $3 million from Iran.
Saudi owned al-Taqwa Bank has been identified of holding money for Hamas as early as 1997. Jamie C. Zarate, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, told Congress that 60 million was moved to Hamas accounts with al-Taqwa bank.
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Aufhauser indicated that Saudi financial support “has been supplemented by money from Iran and Syria flowing through even more dangerous rejectionist groups in the West Bank.”[185]
According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), another reported funding source for Hamas is
through the 21,000 Arabs of Palestinian and Lebanese descent who live in the Foz do Iguaçu area of the tri-border region of Latin America. According to Paraguayan Interior Minister Julio César Fanego, they have donated "something between $50 and $500 million" to 16 Arab extremist groups between 1999 and 2001, in amounts ranging from $500 to $2,000.[186][187]
In the late 1980s, 10% of all Hamas funding
came from Islamic Republic of Iran.[188] Later, from 1993 to 2006, Iran provided Hamas with approximately $30 US million annually. More recent assessments indicate that Iranian funding has increased significantly between 2006–2009, to hundreds of millions of Euros per year. After 2009, sanctions on Iran made funding difficult, forcing Hamas instead to rely on religious donations by individuals in the
West Bank, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.[189][190]
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Hamas approved a 540 million dollar government budget for 2010 with up to 90%
coming from "undisclosed" foreign aid which includes funding from Iran and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood according to western intelligence agencies.[191] Due to the Gaza blockade, Hamas still faces a financial crisis.
With a bureaucracy of around
30,000 staff, the organisation is growing faster than can be handled with salaries being delayed or prioritised for the lowest paid. To fund it's budget, Hamas has raised new taxes on businesses and imposed a 14.5% tax on luxury goods smuggled through the tunnels.
Gaza businessmen have accused Hamas of profiting from the blockade and using these taxes to buy large tracts of land and private buildings for public facilities in competition to established businesses.
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