SCOOP: Top Republican blasts "Hamas indoctrination facility" following Washington Reporter story

The top Republican on the Committee on Education and the Workforce is blasting the “Hamas indoctrination facility” that a non-profit is raising funds for just steps from the Capitol.

The Washington Reporter previously reported that 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.

Following that report, Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.), the chair of the Ed and Workforce Committee, told the Reporter that “Birzeit University is a prime example of how anti-Zionism and antisemitism go hand in hand. Not only has this institution praised the unprovoked attack on October 7th, but it also actively supports terrorists.”

“Clearly,” Walberg continued, “Birzeit isn’t a place of higher learning but rather a Hamas indoctrination facility.”

Walberg has laid out concerns with Birzeit University for over a year; he previously criticized Harvard University for its relationship with Birzeit, demanding that the Ivy League institution sever all ties.

“We find Harvard’s relationship with Birzeit University, whose student government openly supports Hamas, and names buildings after convicted terrorists, to be extremely concerning,” Walberg and other Republican lawmakers wrote in 2024. “The university also has had a policy of barring Israeli Jews from campus. Shockingly, following the October 7 attack, Birzeit University posted, ‘Glory for martyrs, recovery for wounded ones, and freedom for the captives.’ This type of behavior stands in direct opposition to the values Harvard claims to uphold.”