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Universities promoting 'human rights' internships with group tied to terrorists

By Alana Goodman
Published October 26, 2019 4:00am ET
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In this July 10, 2013, file photo, prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington. Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people, the president of the prominent Jesuit university in Washington announced Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. | (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Four leading universities are under fire from a pro-Israel legal group for promoting student internship opportunities at an activist organization linked to a designated Palestinian terrorist group.

The Lawfare Project sent letters to four U.S. schools this week asking them to remove Al Haq, a Palestinian activist group with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, from their lists of recommended job and internship opportunities on their websites. The Lawfare Project, a pro-Israel legal group, also warned that the universities could be placing students in legal jeopardy by encouraging them to work for Al Haq.

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