{"id":944,"date":"2013-02-21T01:11:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T01:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=944"},"modified":"2013-02-21T01:11:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T01:11:09","slug":"friends-of-hamas-and-the-junior-league-of-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2013\/02\/21\/friends-of-hamas-and-the-junior-league-of-hezbollah\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Friends of Hamas&#8221; and the &#8220;Junior League of Hezbollah&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the groups allegedly linked with Chuck Hagel, who&#8217;s facing a Senate confirmation fight for Secretary of Defense, are bogus.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Salon.com<\/a> reports, &#8220;None of the charges were more ridiculous on their face than the allegation that Hagel took a paid speaking gig from a group indiscreetly called &#8216;Friends of Hamas&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/02\/20\/a_new_low_for_breitbart\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;A new low for Breitbart&#8221; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the groups allegedly linked with Chuck Hagel, who&#8217;s facing a Senate confirmation fight for Secretary of Defense, are bogus. 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