Hawley taps DOJ to investigate pro-Palestinian student groups’ potential ties to Hamas

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is urging the DOJ to probe potential financial links between anti-Israel student groups and Hamas following a surge in support for violence against Israel.

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday morning calling for the Department of Justice to investigate potential financial ties between anti-Israel student groups on college campuses and the Islamic militant group Hamas. 'In the wake of the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, we have witnessed an alarming rise in support for violence against the Jewish people,' Hawley wrote.

' A chapter at the University of California, Berkeley also said they 'invariably reject Israel’s framing as a victim.' HEZBOLLAH POSES 'REAL RISK OF ESCALATION' AT ISRAEL NORTHERN BORDER, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SULLIVAN WARNS 'Whereas to demonize and condemn indigenous resistance is to overshadow the decades of oppression, ethnic cleansing, and destruction of the Palestinian people,' they said.

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