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"The State Department said Monday there was no truth to a report that the United States had provided millions of dollars in financial support to two Palestinian universities, including one controlled by Hamas.&#xA;&#xA;The Washington Times had reported that the institutions had participated in the &quot;advocacy, support or glorification of terrorism.&quot;&#xA;&#xA;The Times report also said the funding - principally in scholarships to individual students - was being scrutinized by several members of Congress and their aides, who said it may violate US law.&#xA;&#xA;The paper also noted that since Congress changed the 2004 law restricting aid to entities or individuals &quot;involved in or advocating terrorist activity,&quot; the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had provided more than $140,000 in assistance to the Hamas-controlled Islamic University in Gaza alone and had given scholarships to 49 of its students.&#xA;&#xA;State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said US officials concluded after a review that neither institution - the Islamic University of Gaza and al-Quds University - engages in terrorist activities.&#xA;&#xA;A similar clearance process has been used for students who are candidates for US-supported scholarships, he said.&#xA;&#xA;McCormack acknowledged that some US scholarship money had gone to Palestinian university students but only to those confirmed not to have links to terrorism."
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