 | Repeating the Obama V15 (Victory in 2015) playbook that got Bibi reelected, and confirming other reports we had here on the subject. Great going, guys. | [Ynet] An investigation by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, controlled by Republicans, determined that the Biden administration helped fund protests against Netanyahu's government during the judicial overhaul period, while simultaneously transferring funds to groups with ties to terrorist organizations against Israel. An updated committee memo details that various American organizations transferred more than five million dollars to groups that 'funded radical protests against Israel' and that Israeli organizations such as the Abraham Initiatives that received American government grants 'failed to comply with counterterrorism procedures.'
| A year ago we had a report from PJ Media on exactly this issue: | The Real Politics of Israel Part 2: The Deep State Coup
In July of 2023,
| …before the 10/7 Hamas invasion… | I was in Israel with my family and saw many of these "demonstrations" against Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. These were all well-organized, choreographed, well-produced, and well-financed events, complete with expensive sound systems, food and drinks, and large flags and umbrellas provided to everyone. They looked like BLM 2.0. Moreover, they would begin and end exactly on time, as if on a perfect schedule. As a graduate of UC Berkeley, I have been part of many organic demonstrations, and not one ever started exactly at 10:00 p.m. and ended exactly at 10:30 p.m. on the dot. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of swag were given out to these "activists" in the form of large flags ($40-50 a piece) and umbrellas ($20-40 per umbrella), and complete meals were provided. Nearly all of the demonstrators I spoke with did not live in Israel, but had come over from the United States specifically for the purpose of protesting.
Where did the money come for this? It is still unclear, but we do know that 230 million dollars was given to "pro-Paleostinian causes" last year by USAID. A Senate investigation found that in 2015, the Obama Administration sent over $350,000 of taxpayer money to support the election of Netanyahu's opponent. |