Georgetown University’s Ties to Hamas
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Georgetown University is home to The Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, part of the school’s Center for Foreign Service. But terms like “Understanding” and “Service” may whitewash what’s really going on at Georgetown. Anna Stanley, a Research Associate with the Middle East Forum Think Tank, exposed one of the Center’s employee’s ties to Hamas. That employee has since been arrested and is facing deportation. Anna joins Michele to discuss her findings, the implications about Georgetown, and the larger issue of extremism in American colleges and universities.
Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter.
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| 0:00.0 | You're absolutely right. This whole situation is not a free speech debate. Actually, Joel Hellman, |
| 0:06.6 | the dean of the School of Foreign Service, said, Khan Surrey has not posed a danger to the Georgetown |
| 0:11.9 | community, and he's reaffirmed the university's commitment to free speech. And it's funny, |
| 0:17.3 | because these sorts of people only invoke the argument of free speech when it suits them. |
| 0:23.2 | They're more than happy to de-platform pro-Israel speakers, Zionist speakers, or, quite frankly, anyone that they disagree with politically, probably even Republicans. |
| 0:38.2 | So that is Anna Stanley. and welcome to another episode of the Michelle Tafoya podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | Why Anna Stanley? |
| 0:44.3 | Well, she's a research associate at the Middle East Forum. |
| 0:47.7 | And she's done some remarkable research into Georgetown University, and one of its departments ties to Qatar, Qatar, |
| 0:58.8 | however you want to say it, ties to Hamas. She's going to tell us about it. And why this is |
| 1:05.0 | happening at American universities and what the end game might be. We're talking about Georgetown. |
| 1:11.5 | And at one point, she says, you know, Georgetown's not Harvard, but it's still an extremely elite school with direct ties to Washington, D.C. |
| 1:22.5 | So this is a really important story, and I think we're going to be following up with her. |
| 1:26.8 | Anna Stanley, again, |
| 1:28.1 | previously worked as an open source intelligence analyst at the British Foreign Office. You'll hear |
| 1:33.7 | she is British. She's over in the UK. And as an intelligence researcher and investigation practitioner |
| 1:39.7 | for the UK police. This is someone with a ton of experience, and so we're really happy to have |
| 1:46.3 | her on. Don't forget to subscribe. Just hit that subscribe button so you never miss one of these |
| 1:51.5 | fascinating interviews that you likely aren't going to hear too many other places. Anna Stanley is our |
| 1:56.8 | guest next. |
| 2:02.3 | Anna Stanley, welcome. |
| 2:03.8 | It is so great to talk to you. |
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