THE LOWDOWN:
A radical anti-Israel nonprofit that is located “at the heart of Capitol Hill just steps away from the halls of Congress” is partnering with and hosting fundraisers for a prominent Palestinian university that glorified Hamas terrorists as “martyrs” hours after the October 7th attacks.
Dar Alhurriya, the Palestine House of Freedom, is actively raising money for Birzeit University — a school that has been the subject of multiple congressional investigations due to its ties to Palestinian terrorism.
Dar Alhurriya is located a short walk from the House of Representatives, and its support for Birzeit University strikes many as problematic. Twenty-eight House Republicans demanded that Harvard cut ties with Birzeit, which it did shortly thereafter.
Harvard itself initially dismissed how Birzeit’s Hamas-run student government is not “germane” to its since-suspended partnership with the radical university. But the school itself, just hours after the October 7th terrorist attack, tweeted “glory for martyrs.”
A radical anti-Israel nonprofit that is located “at the heart of Capitol Hill just steps away from the halls of Congress” is partnering with and hosting fundraisers for a prominent Palestinian university that glorified Hamas terrorists as “martyrs” hours after the October 7th attacks, Middle Eastern experts told the Washington Reporter.
Dar Alhurriya, the Palestine House of Freedom, is actively raising money for Birzeit University — a school that has been the subject of multiple congressional investigations due to its ties to Palestinian terrorism.
One expert went as far as to call Birzeit “Terrorist University.” The school’s support for Palestinian terrorists has been a frequent topic of criticism by congressional Republicans, especially House Committee on Education and the Workforce chairman Tim Walberg (R., Mich.).
“We find Harvard’s relationship with Birzeit University, whose student government openly supports Hamas, and names buildings after convicted terrorists, to be extremely concerning,” Republicans led by Walberg wrote last year. “The university also has had a policy of barring Israeli Jews from campus.”
Dar Alhurriya is located a short walk from the House of Representatives, and its support for Birzeit University strikes many as problematic. Twenty-eight House Republicans demanded that Harvard cut ties with Birzeit, which it did shortly thereafter.
Nevertheless, Dar Alhurriya hosted a fundraiser where “all proceeds” went to Birzeit as recently as last month.
According to a lawsuit filed against Harvard University, “Birzeit’s buildings and events are named after convicted terrorists.”
“Military parades on campus feature students wearing mock explosive vests while waving Hamas flags; in May 2022, Hamas won the majority of Birzeit student government seats; and, two weeks before the Oct. 7 massacre, eight students were arrested with weapons and plans to carry out a terrorist attack,” the lawsuit said.
Harvard itself initially dismissed how Birzeit’s Hamas-run student government is not “germane” to its since-suspended partnership with the radical university.
But the school itself, just hours after the October 7th terrorist attack, tweeted “glory for martyrs.”
