{"id":2249277,"date":"2024-05-21T07:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T11:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-gave-over-1-5-million-to-nonprofit-with-ties-to-pro-terror-universities-in-palestine\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T11:54:49","slug":"u-s-government-gave-over-1-5-million-to-nonprofit-with-ties-to-pro-terror-universities-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-gave-over-1-5-million-to-nonprofit-with-ties-to-pro-terror-universities-in-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Grants $1.5M to Nonprofit Linked to Pro-Terror Palestinian Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-government-gave-over-1-5-million-to-nonprofit-with-ties-to-pro-terror-universities-in-palestine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249277&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Department of Education and\u200b the National \u200cEndowment for the Humanities awarded \u2063$1,508,888 to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivy-league-colleges-partner-with-chinese-health-institutions-tied-to-military\/\" title=\"Ivy League Colleges Partner With Chinese Health Institutions Tied to Military\">research institution<\/a> with links to Palestinian universities associated with terrorism. The\u2064 Palestinian\u2063 American Research Center (PARC) closely collaborates with Birzeit University and \u200cAn-Najah National \u200cUniversity in the\u2063 West Bank, \u200braising concerns about affiliations with terrorist activities. The\u200b Department of Education and \u200bthe National Endowment \u200bfor the Humanities granted $1,508,888 to \u2064a research\u200c institution connected to\u200c Palestinian universities\u2064 linked to terrorism. The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) collaborates closely with Birzeit\u2064 University \u2064and An-Najah \u2064National University in the West Bank, prompting concerns about terrorist affiliations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=7c13b55a528b9bae229c479001423302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarded<\/a> $1,508,888 between 2010 and 2022 to a research institution with close ties to two Palestinian universities that are hotbeds for terrorism. <\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) has maintained a close relationship for years with Birzeit University and An-Najah National University, located in the West Bank cities of Birzeit and Nablus, respectively. PARC has taken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birzeit.edu\/en\/news\/parc-scholars-visit-birzeit-university-exchange-knowledge-possible-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birzeit.edu\/en\/news\/birzeit-university-hosts-american-academics-parc-explores-collaboration-prospects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">least<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.najah.edu\/en\/community\/community-news\/2022\/05\/24\/a-delegation-of-u-s-professors-visit-an-najah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.najah.edu\/en\/international-office\/news\/an-najah-university-hosts-us-scholars-from-the-palestinian-american-research-center-parc-for-academic-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delegations<\/a> to both universities and even hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theacss.org\/pages\/fora-and-debates\/1518\/palestinian-american-research-center-invites-you-to-a-hybrid-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conference<\/a> at Birzeit. Groups of Hamas affiliates have been arrested at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/palestinian-territories\/1705307961-israeli-security-forces-arrest-9-from-hamas-student-cell-during-raid-on-an-najah-university-in-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-arrests-8-palestinian-students-suspected-of-planning-terror-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schools<\/a> within the last several months, and Hamas-affiliated parties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/palestinian-student-elections-provide-rare-test-voter-mood-2023-05-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hold<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20230529-hamas-students-wing-heads-students-council-at-al-najah-university-in-west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majorities<\/a> on both universities\u2019 student councils. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-666446656\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f72be847bbf044bd320f5ee5b4ca628c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f72be847bbf044bd320f5ee5b4ca628c\"><\/div>\n<p>In addition to the Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities, PARC is funded via a federally-approved passthrough organization called Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), which receives funding from the State Department, the U.S. Department of Education, the Smithsonian Institution, and private foundations, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caorc.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>. CAORC\u2019s mission is to promote \u201cadvanced research \u2026 conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PARC received over half a million dollars from CAORC as \u201cpass-through subgrants\u201d between 2018 and 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/521395971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tax forms<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.submittable.com\/pass-through-grant\/#:~:text=A%2520pass%252Dthrough%2520grant%252C%2520sometimes,%252C%2520towns%252C%2520and%2520native%2520organizations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pass-through<\/a> organization allows a federal grant to be distributed into sub-awards and given to local organizations. <\/p>\n<p>PARC\u2019s support for Birzeit University was made clear when it sent delegations there in May of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birzeit.edu\/en\/news\/parc-scholars-visit-birzeit-university-exchange-knowledge-possible-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/right2edu.birzeit.edu\/birzeit-university-hosts-american-academics-from-parc-explores-collaboration-prospects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023<\/a> \u201cto foster connections and expand research collaboration.\u201d The school is also listed under \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-us-pal.org\/orgs-on-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orgs on Palestine<\/a>\u201d on PARC\u2019s website, implying that the group endorses the university\u2019s scholarship. <\/p>\n<p>Four of the 21 members listed on PARC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-us-pal.org\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who We Are<\/a>\u201d page either currently work at or have previously worked at Birzeit University, one is codirecting a Birzeit University project, and an additional member earned a degree there. A PARC-sponsored panel at the 2023 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-us-pal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MESA-roundup-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meeting<\/a> was organized by a Birzeit University professor. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6e9255e783ebcdfba17bac86e89ecdcd fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6e9255e783ebcdfba17bac86e89ecdcd\"><\/div>\n<p>Less than two weeks before Hamas attacked on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping more than 200, Israeli security forces arrested eight suspects from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/palestinian-territories\/1695549591-8-students-arrested-as-israeli-security-forces-bust-hamas-terror-cell-at-west-bank-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorist<\/a> cell at Birzeit University who had planned to carry out an \u201cimmediate\u201d terrorist attack.  <\/p>\n<p>The university itself even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cabinet-pick-in-doubt-after-senate-committees-postpone-hearings\/\" title=\"Biden Cabinet Pick In Doubt After Senate Committees Postpone Hearings\">publicly voiced support<\/a> for Hamas following the Oct. 7 attacks and tweeted from its official account on Oct. 10, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BirzeitU\/status\/1711818429835935862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glory for martyrs<\/a>,\u201d a slogan widely interpreted to glorify terrorists killed in the war. In December, a Birzeit University <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BirzeitU\/status\/1733161944075432416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> memorialized the anniversary of the First Intifada, calling it \u201ca perfect example of national unity,\u201d despite it actually being a period of increased violence. <\/p>\n<p>Birzeit University enrolled its inaugural class of Israel Studies masters students in 2015, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/merip.org\/2019\/05\/how-one-palestinian-university-is-remaking-israel-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> by PARC director Rebecca Stein. A 2017 graduate of the program, Marah Khalifeh, said the program provided her with \u201cknowledge\u201d that is \u201cpart of knowing your enemy.\u201d A professor affiliated with the program, Fakher Eldin, also referred to Israel as simply \u201cyour enemy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/palestinian-student-elections-provide-rare-test-voter-mood-2023-05-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamas-linked<\/a> Islamic Allegiance Bloc of Birzeit\u2019s student council won 25 out of 51 seats, while the group linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas\u2019 Fatah party won 20 seats. Fatah currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/10\/11\/what-is-the-palestinian-authority-and-how-is-it-viewed-by-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dominates<\/a> the Palestinian Authority, whose \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentary.org\/articles\/feithgerber\/the-department-of-pay-for-slay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pay for slay<\/a>\u201d program rewards Palestinians for murdering Jews and offers the families of Palestinians killed while attacking Israel with a lump sum and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/palestinian-pay-for-slay-hamas-oct-7-israel-gaza-antony-blinken-ramallah-2dce9a22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">monthly stipend<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ea21e0dc2888a04b48d058f3a88355da fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ea21e0dc2888a04b48d058f3a88355da\"><\/div>\n<p>Of the 21 members of PARC\u2019s leadership team, almost all have ties with the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) and are listed on IPS\u2019s website. IPS also has close ties with Birzeit University \u2014 IPS was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/en\/node\/1653284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organizing office<\/a> for a fall 2022 conference at the university. <\/p>\n<p>Birzeit has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birzeit.edu\/en\/news\/call-papers-journal-palestine-studies-special-issue-media-movements-and-liberation\">posted<\/a> multiple calls for papers for IPS\u2019s Journal of Palestine Studies. On Oct. 10, 2023 \u2014 just three days after the massacre of Israelis \u2014 the\u00a0call\u00a0was for papers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/en\/node\/1654311\">that<\/a> \u201cconsider the creative and generative ways media elevate and affirm forms of Palestinian resistance \u2026\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>In addition to its ties with Birzeit, PARC appears to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-terrorists-write-to-u-s-congress-asking-for-money\/\" title=\"Taliban Terrorists Write to U.S. Congress Asking for Money\">maintain close ties<\/a> with An-Najah National University, which Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/uk-jewish-students-struggle-to-avoid-twinning-with-hamas-greenhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calls<\/a> a \u201cgreenhouse for martyrs.\u201d Hamas member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/teaching-terror-how-hamas-radicalizes-palestinian-society#:~:text=The%20terrorist%20recruitment,%20indoctrination%20and,Kutla%20Islamiya,%20or%20Islamic%20Bloc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qais Adwan<\/a>, former head of the An-Najah student council from the Islamic Bloc, also headed the Qassam Brigades in the northern West Bank. <\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, Israeli security forces arrested nine students from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/palestinian-territories\/1705307961-israeli-security-forces-arrest-9-from-hamas-student-cell-during-raid-on-an-najah-university-in-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An-Najah Hamas<\/a> student cell. This followed a May 2023 student government election in which Islamic Bloc, Hamas\u2019 student wing, won 40 seats, which amounted to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20230529-hamas-students-wing-heads-students-council-at-al-najah-university-in-west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majority<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>In 2021, 11 An-Najah students were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/terrorist-cell-uncovered-by-idf-and-shin-bet-at-largest-pa-university-688701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a> for transferring funds and coordinating rallies in support of Hamas, as well as organizing incitement to violence campaigns under senior Hamas officials\u2019 leadership.  <\/p>\n<p>Although PARC Executive Director Penelope Mitchell\u2019s two visits to An-Najah \u2014 first in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.najah.edu\/en\/news-archive\/an-najah-receives-a-delegation-from-parc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2015<\/a> in a delegation of 12 PARC members, and again in July <a href=\"https:\/\/www.najah.edu\/en\/academic\/academic-news\/2018\/07\/23\/parc-s-second-visit-to-an-najah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2018<\/a> \u201cto discuss further means of mutual cooperation\u201d \u2014 were before these high-profile arrests, An-Najah\u2019s fostering of terror has been known since at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/uk-jewish-students-struggle-to-avoid-twinning-with-hamas-greenhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2014<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Board member Rebecca Stein also visited An-Najah in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.najah.edu\/en\/community\/community-news\/2018\/11\/29\/an-najah-hosts-professor-rebecca-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November<\/a> 2018, and another member, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-us-pal.org\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samah Saleh<\/a>,\u202fis an assistant professor in the university\u2019s Department of Social Work. <\/p>\n<p>Like Birzeit University, An-Najah is also listed on PARC\u2019s website under \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-us-pal.org\/orgs-on-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orgs on Palestine<\/a>,\u201d implying that PARC recommends An-Najah\u2019s scholarship. <\/p>\n<p>Neither PARC nor CAORC responded to requests for comment. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-05cc40cad201a6746b54880e3d40ca4a fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-05cc40cad201a6746b54880e3d40ca4a\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 2010 and 2022, the Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities granted $1,508,888 to a research institution closely linked to two Palestinian universities known for terrorism. 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