Immediately after the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, in October 2000, he established the Union of Good with the involvement of Hamas leadership to fund a "Campaign of 101 Days" with the purpose of aiding Palestinians in the PA-administered territories.
[citation needed] Palästinensische Vereinigung in Österreich is among the organizations which U.S. Treasury defined as “the primary financiers of Union of Good projects” in 2008.
[9] A recent analysis published by The NEFA Foundation highlighted that a 2007 UG website contained a list of 54 participating organizations in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
[10] According to U.S. Treasury, Union of Good’s primary purpose is to strengthen Hamas’ political and military position in the West Bank and Gaza.
[5] Some of the funds transferred have been used to aid the families of suicide bombers fighting Israeli forces and imprisoned Hamas members.
[10] The organization has provided funding to Hamas charities in the Gaza Strip for food packages, school-equipment, civic buildings and other charitable services.
[8][10] In 2014 a US jury found the bank liable for financing terrorism by processing transactions for Hamas’ members and affiliated organizations.
Another board member of the Union of Good is the U.S. terrorist designated Abd al-Majid al-Zindani, a well-known Yemen-based Hamas fundraiser, a loyalist to Bin Laden and supporter of al-Qaeda.