U.S. Withdraws Fulbright Grants to Gaza

New York Times ^ | 5-30-08 | Ethan Bronner

[rdl6989]

GAZA — The American State Department has withdrawn all Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza hoping to pursue advanced degrees at American institutions this fall because Israel has not granted them permission to leave.

Israel has isolated this coastal strip, which is run by the militant group Hamas. Given that policy, the United States Consulate in Jerusalem said the grant money had been “redirected” to students elsewhere out of concern that it would go to waste if the Palestinian students were forced to remain in Gaza.

A letter was sent by e-mail to the students on Thursday telling them of the cancellation. Abdulrahman Abdullah, 30, who had been hoping to study for an M.B.A. at one of several American universities on his Fulbright, was in shock when he read it.

[rdl6989]

I guess that means they can't come here to study and/or promote jihad.

[headstamp 2]

Fulbright grants to America haters and would-be terrorists.

We truly are out of our minds in this country.

[rdl6989]

Why did we ever let them into the USA in the first place? I cringe when I think of Ward Churchill types teaching those America haters on our soil.

[rdl6989]

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Abdullah, 30, who had been hoping to study for an M.B.A. ..., was in shock when he read [the letter].

Let me guess: with his MBA, he would go back to Gaza to manage the books for one of the many greenhouse businesses?

Maybe more likely, manage the books for a Kassam assembly shop?

[mikey_hates_everything]

Boo...Hoo.

[peeps36]

I don't know why we try so hard to help our enemies kill us? We let tens of thousands of moslums into our best universities so they can return to the Middle East and use that knowledge against us. It's not real hard to see why so many terrorist think their ragtag outfit has a chance of defeating a world superpower. If America goes down it will be by its own hand.

[rmlew]

Fulbright would approve of the grants. He hated Israel and Jews.

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I'm not sure this is an entirely sensible position for Israel, not worth the lousy publicity. But in the entire article the New York Times doesn't mention once that Gaza has a border with Egypt, who isn't being rocketed from Gaza, and who could easily facilitate the students movement. And gain a small bit of positive publicity. Only Israel gets mentioned.

[forkinsocket]

Don’t worry, Israel will cave in & allow them to go.