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A Fullbright for Hamas

Reader comment on item: Fulbright's Terrorist Tie

Submitted by Carl M. Sherer (Israel), Oct 22, 2003 at 18:23

Sirs,

Kudos to Daniel Pipes and Asaf Romirowsky for bringing to light the sorry story of Mustafa Abu Sway, the Fullbright scholar from Hamas.

Unfortunately, this is just another part of an American pattern of rewarding enemies with foreign aid that goes far beyond one Hamas Fullbright Scholar. One need only compare the list of American aid recipients with the percentage of their votes in the United Nations that go against the United States to realize that the US is getting a very poor return on its foreign aid money. One would think that September 11 would have taught the US that foreign aid should not be an equal opportunity enterprise.

There is, of course, one foreign aid recipient from whom America gets an adequate return on its investment. That foreign aid recipient is Israel. Ironically, the thanks that Israel gets for living up to its end of the bargain is an 'even-handedness' that often forces us to fight Palestinian terrorism with one hand tied behind our backs.

-- Carl M. Sherer
Jerusalem, Israel
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Reader comments (17) on this item

Title Commenter Date Thread
who and how to contact at FAU [49 words]warren lloyd holtzmanOct 30, 2003 19:3512022
fortunately fulbright is still filled with bright stars [261 words]simona loberantOct 29, 2003 06:3012011
Terror-Scholars [100 words]Saul GoldmanOct 25, 2003 09:0911896
Wolves among the sheep [65 words]T.AOct 24, 2003 09:3511891
Minor Correction? [76 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Mike Eisenstadt, JCRC Director Tampa Jewish FederationOct 22, 2003 21:0211887
A Fullbright for Hamas [174 words]Carl M. ShererOct 22, 2003 18:2311885
Terrorists in American Universities [110 words]Laurie KursOct 22, 2003 03:5511879
ABU SWAY [99 words]William PapkeOct 22, 2003 03:2811878
politicians don't seem to care; it is bewcoming more and more difficult to pass on this type of information to them..... [171 words]Carmen WaggonerOct 21, 2003 23:1711876
We'll never learn.... [149 words]Michael CohenOct 21, 2003 11:3311869
Infiltration and Subversion [185 words]Norman WandOct 21, 2003 09:2111867
Fulbright terrorists [105 words]Peter J. HerzOct 21, 2003 08:3911865
Wake up! [151 words]Ron WattsOct 21, 2003 06:3411864
your courage [39 words]Joshua SiskinOct 20, 2003 17:3511856
Terrorists' gripe? [113 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
A. Lee StewartOct 20, 2003 14:4711855
Pluperfect! [15 words]Walter D'UllOct 20, 2003 13:5111854
Am I Missing something? [316 words]Seamus MacNemiJun 16, 2007 15:5811854

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