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The Biden-Harris administration is accused of misusing taxpayer {dollars} to fund protests in Israel towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previous to Oct. 7.
The Home Judiciary Committee lately launched a memo outlining the allegations and displaying a attainable cash path.
“The Committee’s oversight has revealed that the Biden-Harris Administration supplied grant funds to teams that contributed immediately and not directly to the judicial reform protests that sought to undermine the Israeli authorities,” the committee wrote within the memo.
An individual in handcuffs gestures throughout a protest towards Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to cut back the powers of the Supreme Court docket in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
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Netanyahu shared one of many charts from the memo on his X account and decried the “huge international intervention in an try to switch the right-wing authorities in Israel.”
“An official doc revealed by the U.S. Congress reveals astonishing data that confirms what many have lengthy suspected: the earlier U.S. administration transferred practically a billion {dollars} to left-wing NGOs in Israel, with the intention of undermining the rule of the federal government,” Netanyahu wrote in Hebrew.
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In March, the Home Judiciary Committee and the Committee on International Affairs despatched letters to 6 American and Israeli NGOs asking for “paperwork associated to any grants, cooperative agreements, or different awards acquired from the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) or State Division.” In line with the Judiciary Committee’s memo, the organizations have produced a complete of 380 paperwork to this point.
The six NGOs had been Blue White Future (BWF), Motion for High quality Authorities in Israel (MQG), PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Jewish Communal Fund (JCF), Center East Peace Dialogue Community (MEPDN) and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Folks maintain Israeli flags throughout a protest towards Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to cut back the powers of the Supreme Court docket in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen Preview)
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Earlier than Hamas’ assaults on Oct. 7, Israel was embroiled in an inner battle over judicial reform measures. This sparked a heated debate and widespread protests all through the nation. The Home Judiciary Committee famous that then-President Joe Biden condemned the reform measures and appeared to precise help for the protests.
“Like many robust supporters of Israel, I am very involved. I am involved that they get this straight. They can’t proceed down this street. I’ve kind of made that clear,” Biden instructed reporters in March 2023, in response to CNN. A part of the quote additionally seems within the memo.
The committee claims BWF acquired funds from NGOs, together with some U.S. grant recipients, and funded the coalition headquarters for the protests. Moreover, the committee alleges the Biden-Harris administration gave $42,000 to MQG to conduct activism coaching in Israeli excessive faculties.
Folks maintain a banner throughout a protest towards Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to cut back the powers of the Supreme Court docket in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
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PEF Israel Endowment Funds is accused within the memo of offering over $884M to teams concerned in anti-democracy protests. Equally, the committee stated the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors “seemingly supplied parts of its $20 million in federal grants” to teams funding the protests. Moreover, the committee questions whether or not MEPDN violated its 501(c)(3) standing “by funding anti-democracy protest.”
In relation to JCF, the committee claims the group gave over $42.8M to the protest headquarters and the 2 primary funders of the protests.
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The committee famous within the memo that the investigation is ongoing and that extra American and Israeli NGOs shall be added.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the six NGOs talked about within the memo and didn’t obtain responses in time for publication.
