Georgetown's
Esposito Joins Israel Boycott
by IPT News • Sep 9, 2014 at 3:24
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Georgetown University Professor John Esposito is one of six Middle East Studies
directors at American universities to embrace an academic boycott of
Israel, according to a Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Watch report. The six
directors signed a public letter vowing "not to collaborate on
projects and events involving Israeli academic institutions," a move
that ArabianBusiness.com says could conflict with promises
the directors made for federal funds.
As heads of U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource
Centers, Esposito and the other directors assured that they will
"maintain linkages with overseas institutions of higher education and
other organizations that may contribute to the teaching and research of the
Center."
But the move is quite consistent for Esposito, who, as the Investigative
Project on Terrorism (IPT) has documented, has long supported the Muslim Brotherhood and its front
groups in the United States. His Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
at Georgetown University was staked with $20 million from Saudi Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal in 2005.
Esposito served as an expert
defense witness in the Hamas-financing prosecution against the
Texas-based Holy Land Foundation and five of its former officials. He describes
Sami Al-Arian, a man documented as a member of the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad's governing board, as "a proud, dedicated and committed American
... a man of conscience with a strong commitment to peace and social
justice."
Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are committed to Israel's
destruction.
Esposito has repeatedly defended terrorist organizations Hamas and
Hizballah. In a 2000 interview in the Middle East Affairs Journal,
Esposito was asked if they were terrorist organizations. "One can't
make a clear statement about Hamas," he said… Some actions by the
military wing of Hamas can be seen as acts of resistance, but other actions
are acts of retaliation particularly when they target civilians."
In the same interview, Esposito defended Hizballah for operating
"within the Lebanese political system functioning as a major player in
parliament. But when it comes to the south it has been primarily a
resistance movement…"
Internal documents admitted into evidence during the Holy Land
prosecution show that the Middle East Affairs Journal and its
publisher, the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR), were
part of a Hamas-support network in the United States. The UASR was created
by Hamas deputy political director Mousa Abu Marzook. A 1995 edition listed
Esposito among the journal's Board of Advisory Editors. At the time,
Marzook was in a New York jail, arrested and identified as a leader of
Hamas in court papers.
One 1991 document described the UASR as "the official organization
which represents the media and cultural aspect to support the cause."
A second document, a 1989-90 annual report, made clear that the cause
included supporting "the emerging movement, the Hamas Movement."
For more on Esposito, click here.
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