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Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102008/postopinion/editorials/scholarships_for_terror_123838.htm
Scholarships for Terror
[New York Post] Editorial - Back in May, Secretary of State Rice publicly raked Israeli officials over the coals after they refused to let seven Palestinians who'd won U.S.-sponsored Fulbright scholarships leave Hamas-controlled Gaza. Israel insisted the seven had ties to Hamas terrorists and were security risks. Under heavy pressure from Washington, Israel agreed to give exit visas to four of the Palestinians, but remained adamant about the other three, all of whom were either students or teaching assistants at the Islamic University of Gaza - a notorious Hamas stronghold. Now State has taken a closer look, notified all three that "information has come to light that you may be inadmissible to the United States" - and revoked their visas. The last thing U.S. taxpayers need to be wasting their money on is prestigious scholarships for terrorists-in-training to come to America. And next time, Rice might want to give Israel a bit more credit when it comes to ferreting out security risks before she issues public broadsides.