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Politico mocked for being surprised on who is funding anti-Israel protests: 'Surprising to who?'
2024-05-06
[NYPOST] Anti-Israel protesters who have descended on college campuses are reportedly getting funding from several big-name Democratic donors, according to a report, that have backed President Biden’s re-election efforts.

Democratic donors such as George Soros
...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true...
, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Susan and Nick Pritzker, who own the Hyatt Hotel corporation, have funded pro-Paleostinian efforts to protest the Israel-Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
 war, Politico reported.

Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are the main organizations behind the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, as well as other campuses, according to the outlet.

They are backed by the Tides Foundation, which receives a substantial amount of funding from Soros, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and distributes money to left-wing causes.

The Rockefeller Fund donated $300,000 to the Tides Foundation in 2022, according to Politico.

The Tides Foundation has given $500,000 to Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left, anti-Zionist organization, who blamed the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the US, rather than Hamas.

The Politico report, headlined, "Pro-Palestianian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden’s biggest donors," was panned online Sunday for finally acknowledging what others had reported months ago.
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George Soros 04/21/2024 Ex-Clinton aide Huma Abedin spotted on date with George Soros' son at Knicks game

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David Rockefeller Jr. 12/05/2023 Rockefeller Brothers Fund funding pro-Palestinian groups, at least one Israel calls ‘terrorist’ org

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Related:
Jewish Voice for Peace: 2024-05-02 Who's really behind the campus protests? Expensive tents, giant banners and adult agitators who have nothing to do with the schools where they're causing anarchy make expert think the uproar in America is a 'professional job'
Jewish Voice for Peace: 2024-04-30 Washington Post hack Philip Bump smears The Post's Isabel Vincent to protect George Soros
Jewish Voice for Peace: 2024-04-24 Over 200 anti-Israel protesters detained outside Chuck Schumer's home
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IfNotNow: 2024-04-24 Over 200 anti-Israel protesters detained outside Chuck Schumer's home
IfNotNow: 2024-01-10 Left-Wing ‘Dark Money’ Powerhouse Funded Group Linked to Holocaust Museum Protestors
IfNotNow: 2024-01-05 ‘Jewish’ radical anti-Israel protesters disrupt start of California legislative session
Related:
Columbia University: 2024-05-03 Megan Kelly covers press conference with Columbia's Johannah King-Slutzky
Columbia University: 2024-05-03 Gaza campus protests spread to Chicago high schools, alarming Jewish students
Columbia University: 2024-05-03 Columbia hires, and claims to fire, professor who voiced support for Hamas post-Oct. 7
Related:
Tides Foundation: 2024-04-30 Washington Post hack Philip Bump smears The Post's Isabel Vincent to protect George Soros
Tides Foundation: 2024-02-07 Yale Students Protest Appearance of IDF Soldier on Campus
Tides Foundation: 2024-02-06 Hundreds of protestors descend on Pennsylvania capitol to demand state divest $56 million from Israel - with up to 200 detained for failing to disperse
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Hamas: 2024-05-04 Armed Gazan gangs, some thought tied to Hamas, steal $70 million from Bank of Palestine
Hamas: 2024-05-04 Israel says won't end war in hostage deal, after reports of US promise for last phase
Hamas: 2024-05-04 Hamas accuses Israeli PM Netanyahu of sabotaging talks
Posted by:Fred

#10  BTW, the funders of illegal protests, trespassing, destruction of property and so forth are not probably being investigated by the FBI. This is because those funders also fund Democratic party candidates.

This was the case with groups funding the protests against the police training facility in Fulton County Atlanta. Many of them were active in funding Democrat candidates in GA or funding activists like Stacy A. in her various orgs.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2024-05-06 18:22  

#9  I went through that with trailing daughter #2, who takes after her father, alanc. She early grasped the idea that others would take her thoughts more seriously if she presented them with proper grammar and spelling, rather than assuming she didn’t know what she was doing because of such surface considerations. So much sense did this make to her that in high school she edited all her friends’ writings to ensure they got the grades their work deserved, too. I was so proud!
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-05-06 13:28  

#8  Being pedantic is so tiring.

Amazing.
Be happy your kids are communicating.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-06 12:21  

#7  re: #6

Thank you sir for saving me the trouble. That's one of the many faux pas that I've beaten out of my kids....now working on grand kids.
Posted by: alanc   2024-05-06 09:46  

#6  "Surprising to WHOM?"
Jeez, people! Get it correctly! Being pedantic is so tiring.
By the way, that's the big contributors. Anyone check the small to medium contributors to see if they're using unalive names and addresses as a cover?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2024-05-06 09:07  

#5  Don't forget Build Back Better or Inflation Reduction Act slush funds.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-05-06 08:37  

#4  John Kerry's wife Teresa (Heinz) was at one time a big contributor to the Tides Foundation
Posted by: Lord Garth   2024-05-06 08:02  

#3  

Tired looking up some background data on the Politico Top Brass, to get a feel for their slanted views.

The (Chief Executive Officer)surname "Sheikholeslami is Surname (1 in 11K common to IRAN and millions to 1 in every other nation on earth.

Note: She background notes indicate she attended US Colleges, worked at, NPR, WAPO and etc. But doesn't say if her parents or her were BORN here or immigrated here from ______

The Chief Operations Officers "Dekan" surname is most common in Ukraine. Mark Dekan has lots of Polish and Eastern Europe Media Career history, from what bkgrd info can be gleaned.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-05-06 07:46  

#2  The money from the large donors was used for the "matching donations" pledges in the fundraising push directed at the rank and file lib contributors.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-06 07:15  

#1  The sums mentioned, IMO, can't account for the expenses.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-06 03:22  

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