GOP lawmaker tries to get Georgetown funding pulled over alleged ‘anti-Israel, pro-Islamist’ bias

Bought And Paid For By Michael Arria December 14, 2019 "Information Clearing House" -On December 11, President Trump signed an executive order that effectively weaponizes antisemitism as a cudgel to beat back BDS activities on college campuses. The order threatens to withhold federal funding from universities if the government determines that they’ve failed to prohibit discrimination. Trump’s move was barely announced before a member of congress attempted to use the new playbook. Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) has sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos asking for Georgetown University to be investigated over its alleged anti-Israel bias. The news was reported on Twitter by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Washington bureau chief Ron Kampeas. (((Kampeas)))@kampeas The letter from @RepRiggleman to @BetsyDeVosED asking for a review of funding for @Georgetown @ccasGU because of alleged anti-Israel bias. https://twitter.com/kampeas/status/1204939866083143681 … (((Kampeas)))@kampeas With Trump's anti-Semitism EO in place, @RepRiggleman sends letter to @BetsyDeVosED accusing @Georgetown @ccasGU of being the most "intolerant, ideological, anti-Israel and pro-Islamist" in US, offenses include petitions signed by staff, calls for Title VI funding review. 12 7:47 AM - Dec 12, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 22 people are talking about this “I have recently become aware of systematic support for biased, anti-American, pro-BDS individuals and scholarship at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies that are not in accordance with the mission of Title VI funds and contrary to America’s national security interests…The so-called Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a dagger aimed at the heart of one of America’s closest allies, Israel,” reads the letter. Riggleman cites a report on Georgetown faculty from Islamophobic commentator Daniel Pipes’s website as the basis behind his concerns. Riggleman was elected to Virginia’s 5th district in 2018, beating his Democratic opponent, the investigative journalist Leslie Cockburn, with 53% of the vote. This September he traveled to Israel as part of an AIPAC-sponsored trip and, like many Republican members of that delegation, returned to criticize the push for a two-state solution. “The United States must step back and simply support Israel’s right to exist and to secure itself,” he declared at the time, “There is no easy fix.” Congressman Denver Riggleman ✔@RepRiggleman Great to speak to the @AIPAC National Council this evening about my bipartisan trip to Israel. The U.S.-Israel alliance must always be treasured. 39 7:23 PM - Oct 28, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy See Congressman Denver Riggleman's other Tweets This article was originally published by "Mondoweiss." - -

==See Also==

In case you missed it: Why Israel Has No ‘Right to Exist’: No such right is recognized under international law.

The Israel Lobby’s Hidden Hand in the Theft of Iraqi and Syrian Oil: How this powerful lobby facilitates more covert aspects of U.S.-Israeli cooperation and the implementation of policies that favor Israel.

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