House Oversight committee demands National SJP turn over funding documents
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability asked the National Students for Justice in Palestine organization to turn over funding documents.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability asked the National Students for Justice in Palestine organization to turn over funding documents.
The letter, sent by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), states that the committee is ”conducting oversight of the funding sources of groups supporting illegal activities across the country, including at institutions of higher education, by individuals spouting pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and violations of the civil rights of Jewish students.”
Comer wrote that the committee is concerned about the funding of Students for Justice in Palestine and several other organizations,
”The Committee is particularly concerned that organizations promulgating pro-Hamas propaganda and engaging in illegal activities at institutions of higher education might be receiving funding or other support from foreign or domestic sources which support the aims of Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations,” Comer wrote.
According to the letter, the National SJP “is founded and controlled by American Muslims for Palestine,” which has “substantial ties to Hamas via its financial sponsor, Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation.”
In addition to asking for funding documents, Comer also asked for the following:
- All documents and communications related to any National SJP policy, procedure, or standard operating practice to conduct due diligence or otherwise ensure that funding received by National SJP complies with all relevant laws related to terrorist financing;
- All documents and communications related to the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas, including, but not limited to, documents and communications related to National SJP’s public facing responses to the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas;
- All documents and communications related to the promotion by National SJP of illegal activity or activity providing material support to terrorist organizations including, but not limited to, Hamas; and
- All documents and communications, regardless of topic, created on or sent between October 6, 2023 – October 8, 2023, inclusive.
