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From: melsant@vipac.org Date: Thu 8 Mar 2007 Subject: [Vipac-letters] Support Israel! End Bush Funding of Hamas Sender: vipac-letters-bounces@vipac.org Errors-To: vipac-letters-bounces@vipac.org Dear Mr. President: The State Department said Monday March 5 that it was looking into a report that the United States has provided millions of dollars in financial support to two Palestinian universities including one controlled by Hamas. The Washington Times reported that the institutions had participated in the "advocacy support or glorification of terrorism." The paper also cited that since Congress changed the 2004 law restricting aid to entities or individuals "involved in or advocating terrorist activity" the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had provided more than $140000 in assistance to the Hamas-controlled Islamic University in Gaza alone and had given scholarships to 49 of its students. "It is outrageous that US taxpayer dollars are going toward institutions that support terrorists" said Rep. Gary Ackerman New York Democrat and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. Mr. President I agree with Representative Ackerman. It is outrageous and it is happening on your watch. If you disapprove of funding Hamas with US tax dollars you should end it immediately. If you allow it to continue you undermine the brave men and women in our armed services who are making such enormous sacrifices in America's fight for survival against Islamist terror. Sincerely |