The video, which was seized during a 1995 search of Al-Arian's house, also depicted Fawaz Damra, a cleric, energetically raising money for the Islamic Jihad, exhorting the crowd to ``donate to the intifada, for Islamic Jihad.''

According to a government translation, Damra introduces Al-Arian as head of the Islamic Committee for Palestine. Then he adds, ``A brief note about the Islamic Committee for Palestine: It is the active arm of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine. We prefer to call it the `Islamic Committee for Palestine' for security reasons.''

Al-Arian then talks about the history of Palestinians and the intifada, or the uprising in the occupied territories that began in 1987. ``The stones today defeat the Uzi, the tanks and the weapons,'' he said, according to the translation. ``The stones that the boy, who is less than 5 years old, carries, and this mother, who receives the martyrdom of her children with smiles and trilling cries of joy, because her son has not died; rather he has been martyred ...

``We see today the intifada, the truth which Muslims gather round. We say to them, `Come to the Holy Land! Come forward to jihad!' ''

Al-Arian is standing trial, along with Sameeh Hammoudeh, Hatim Naji Fariz and Ghassan Zayed Ballut, on charges that they helped organize and finance the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Four years after the 1991 video was shot, President Clinton declared the Islamic Jihad a terrorist organization, making it illegal for Americans to give it money.

A year after the video was shot, Al-Arian was granted tenure as a computer science professor at the University of South Florida.

On the video, Al-Arian said, ``Despite all difficulties, the Palestinian people have decided to continue: to continue to confront, to continue to resist, to continue to endure, to set an example for all people and Muslims around them. Thus is the way of struggle. Thus is the way of giving. Thus is the way of sacrifice. ... Thus is the way of jihad. Thus is the way of martyrdom. Thus is the way of blood, because this is the path to heaven.''

Al-Arian talks about the obligation of Muslims to give money God's way. ``God, praise and glory be to Him, says, `Behold, ye are invited to spend,' '' Al-Arian told the gathering. ``Behold, ye are invited to spend (of your subsistence) in the way of God.' ''

By the end of the 40-minute video, an unidentified man tells the crowd that $6,785 had been raised for Islamic Jihad.

The video was among three introduced into evidence by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cherie Krigsman through the testimony of Tahsim Ali, a contract translator for the FBI. The other videos have not been played for jurors.

The videos were allowed into evidence over objections from defense attorneys, including Al-Arian lawyer Linda Moreno, who asked for a mistrial after Krigsman said that Damra could be seen throughout the 1991 video raising money for the Islamic Jihad.

U.S. District Judge James Moody denied the mistrial and, after the video was played, was incredulous that Moreno had objected to Krigsman's statement.

``That this fundraiser is for the Islamic Jihad is a matter for interpretation,'' Moreno said. She said that the fundraiser also mentioned orphans. She said she had objected to Krigsman attributing to Damra statements made by the unidentified man.

``You said it was an improper statement that could not be supported by any understanding'' of the video, the judge said.

Reporter Elaine Silvestrini can be reached at (813) 259-7837.