[PJ Media] Now that a new academic year is upon us, pro-Israel advocates are gearing up for another round of boycott/divestment/sanctions (BDS) blather on many an American college campus. As the most recent Israeli elections taught us, if you want to know who you're up against, just follow the money. As The Algemeiner reports:The controversial New Israel Fund and its social change and political lobbying organization -- known as SHATIL -- have received more than $1 million from the State Department under a program designed to create political change, reform, and activism in the Middle East.
The program, called Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), operates in countries including Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, and Yemen. Not exactly stable and economically prosperous democracies like Israel. Yet, the New Israel Fund/SHATIL are among the leading recipients of MEPI grant dollars.