Several top universities across the United States often receive millions of dollars in donations from foundations and donors located in the “Palestinian state” to fund the education of Palestinian students at American universities, according to a new report. I accept it.
The elite school reportedly received $10 million from entities within the “Palestinian state” from 2017 to 2023. Analysis by Open the Booksa Republican-owned nonprofit dedicated to exposing government spending.
Brown University, Harvard University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania are among the schools that accept funding from donors located in countries that technically don’t exist, at least by United Nations standards.
Although the “State of Palestine” is not recognized by the United Nations or the United States, it is officially recognized by approximately 140 countries.
Palestinians, who have been fighting for statehood for years, live in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and the West Bank, controlled by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, respectively.
According to federal disclosures reviewed by Open the Books, in February 2020, Brown University announced that it would be hiring a foundation within the “State of Palestine” to create a professorship in Palestine studies as part of the university’s Middle East Studies program. received a donation of $643,000 from
Brown previously said the money came from a donor, although the donor’s name was not disclosed in the financial report. Munib and Angela Masri Foundation Based in the West Bank.
Nine different donors, including several Brown University alumni and foundations, came together to fund the Mahmoud Darwish Professorship in Palestine Studies. According to a 2020 press release.
Meanwhile, Harvard University received $1.6 million from donors in the “State of Palestine,” and Indiana University of Pennsylvania received $6.4 million from organizations in the “State of Palestine” and another $900,000 from donors in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” It is said that he received it. Review of financial disclosure documents.
The donor was not identified in the filing. Harvard University previously said that the funds it received from Palestinian donors in 2017, 2018 and 2019 did not come from the Palestinian Authority, but the Ivy League did not disclose the names of the donors. 2020 News Report.
Most of the money went toward paying for Palestinian students from the occupied territories to attend American universities, according to the filing.
They were often reported as “payments of tuition and fees to students from Palestine.” According to Open the Books, the funds will also be used to pay for education-related costs incurred by the university by enrolling these students in this program,” the document states.
According to the same 2020 report, Indiana University of Pennsylvania received at least $2.3 million from the West Bank-based Arab American University to cover tuition and other expenses for Palestinian students attending U.S. universities. He said he received the dollar amount.
In addition to funding, U.S. universities have developed ongoing relationships with universities in the West Bank.
Beshara Doumani, Brown’s inaugural professor of Palestine studies, has been granted permission to serve as president of Birzeit University in the West Bank for two years.
Palestinian university criticized after founding union of professors and staff wrote an editorial Days after the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, “2023 will be recorded in history as the year in which Palestinians bravely stood up to colonial fascism and cried out in defense of their homes, humanity, and lives. It will happen,” he said.
Meanwhile, he earned a doctorate in business from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. We also offer master’s programs in partnership with Arab American University.
A spokesperson for the university told Open the Books: “Since 2014, IUP has earned teaching contract income by offering educational programs in various international locations, including Palestine.” .
