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Government Corruption

Republicans Want To End Taxpayer Funding for Activist Group Behind Netanyahu Protests

2023-04-11

[Free Beacon] A group of Republican senators is calling on the Biden administration to "immediately cease funding" for a far-left Israeli nonprofit that is working to unseat Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his conservative government coalition.

Four Republican senators—Ted Cruz (Texas), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), and Bill Hagerty (Tenn.)—blasted the State Department for funneling taxpayer funds to the Movement for Quality Government (MQG),

...Antifa’s branch in Israel for driving Bibi Netanyahu and his supporters out of politics. It was previously known as V15 (for Victory 15, the last election Bibi won against the will of a Democratic president), both names being fig leaves for its true identity as the Israeli branch of the Washington, DC-based OneVoice Movement founded by Progressive multi-billionaire Daniel Lubetzky in 2002 as an international “grassroots” front of his PeaceWorks Foundation to drive Israel to fulfill his vision for the region without bothering to become a citizen. The US State Department gave V15 millions of dollars under President Obama, and more in recent years.

a left-wing Israeli nonprofit that is leading nationwide protests against Netanyahu's government over plans to reform the country's historically powerful Supreme Court. Those plans that are on standby as a result of mass protests led by MQG.

The left-wing group has received more than $38,000 in funding from the United States since 2020, the Washington Free Beacon reported in March. The funding has raised questions about how a partisan foreign organization was able to obtain American dollars. The State Department typically avoids bolstering partisan groups to avoid the appearance of political meddling.

The funding for MQG comes amid chilly relations between the Biden administration and Netanyahu. President Joe Biden waited more than a week to call Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister's 2022 election victory and has said in recent days that he will not be inviting Netanyahu to the White House any time soon due to unrest over the Supreme Court reform effort. Biden administration officials have been critical of Netanyahu's battle with the Israeli Supreme Court, with some accusing the Israeli leader of eroding democracy in the Jewish state.

Posted by:Besoeker

#3 A lot of engagement, not a lot of commitment.

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-04-11 23:34

#2 GOP, yeah they say they want a lot of things but just never seem to get around to fighting for them.

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-04-11 21:05

#1 It's not Netanyahu they're are after, it's the entire "apartheid" state of Israel.

Ancillary targets also include exclusionary Catholic churches, schools, and 'Bud Lite' competitors.

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-04-11 06:47

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