When we were writing about this yesterday, we didn’t even notice this part in the writeup:
The Islamic University of Gaza was founded by Hamas spiritual leader Yassin in the aftermath of the Camp David Accords, in order to create a base for terrorist attacks on Egyptian pro-peace forces and Israelis (see also Levitt at NRO). It has counted among its faculty such arch-terrorists as Abdul Rantissi, the head of Hamas until Israel put a stop to him.
But McCormack insists it was OK to pour US funds into there because… it has no connections to terrorists. It’s the intellectual and sometimes military stronghold of Hamas – but sending students there and funding it in no way benefits Hamas. That’s the official position of the United States State Department.
Take some time to mull that over.
References:
* State Dept: US scholarships did not support jihadists
* Moderately Deadly
* A History of the Hamas Movement
* Palestine History [note: a terrorist-sympathizing website]
Previously:
* A Neoconservative Manifesto?
* More Leaks Point To Democrats Holding Talks With Hamas Terrorists
* US State Department: By “Shun” Terrorist Governments We Mean “Not Shun”
[Cross-posted to The Astute Bloggers]
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