You don't think this celebration of a terrorist attack is more recent or relevant to the problems today?
In the 21st century, anti-Zionism means anti-Semitism
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How Taxpayer Funds Are Flowing to a Group Bankrolling Anti-Netanyahu Protests
The U.S. government has been funneling taxpayer money to the left-wing group bankrolling protests against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Israeli funding documents reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
The documents indicate that, since 2020, Foggy Bottom has sent over $38,000 to the Movement for Quality Government (MQG), the Israeli nonprofit stoking nationwide anti-Netanyahu protests that have seen protesters clash with police and target Netanyahu’s family members. MQG is seeking to takedown Netanyahu’s government over his support for major reforms to the Israeli supreme court that would significantly limit its power. The organization petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court earlier this year to oust Netanyahu, claiming he is unfit for office due to ongoing investigations into allegations of political corruption and bribery.
The State Department, which confirmed the funding, calls the group a nonpartisan organization, but its work opposing Netanyahu raises questions about how the group was able to obtain U.S. funding. The United States typically avoids funding foreign partisan groups to avoid claims of political meddling. Even before MQG emerged as the leading force behind the current wave of anti-Netanyahu protests, it made a name for itself as a leading critic of the Israeli right, which has long seen Netanyahu as its leader. Given the Biden administration’s chilly diplomatic relationship with Netanyahu—which includes repeated criticism of Israeli settlement construction and the decision to launch an unprecedented FBI probe into Israel’s anti-terrorism operations—the U.S. funding to MQG has come under new scrutiny.
"The State Department should never fund foreign partisan organizations in allied democracies," Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Free Beacon. "If the shoe was on the other foot, the Biden administration would accuse Israel of interfering in our elections. Congress should absolutely review the State Department’s potential funding of partisan politics in Israel."
The State Department downplayed its funding for MQG and would not answer questions about whether U.S. funds could have been diverted to the organization’s anti-Netanyahu activities.
"The State Department has provided small grants to the Movement for Quality Government, including a grant signed in 2020 during the previous administration and continued under the Biden administration that focused on teaching civic education and supporting good governance," a State Department official told the Free Beacon. The last tranche of funding was awarded in September 2022. The money was meant to be used for democracy training programs in the Israeli school system.
The State Department described MQG as "a respected, independent, non-partisan, grassroots non-governmental organization committed to promoting values of democracy, transparency, good governance, and civic participation."
The United States provided funding to the group beginning in 2020, near the end of the Trump administration. One former senior U.S. official familiar with the matter said the grant was likely approved by career State Department officials and that the small amount of money likely went unnoticed by Trump administration political appointees who could have blocked it.
The State Department typically allows its grantees to self-report how the money is used, meaning there are few guardrails in place to prevent it from being spent on other causes, according to Gerald Steinberg, founder of NGO Monitor, a watchdog group that monitors these issues. "Few if any funders even attempt to monitor the actual use of grants," he said.
Steinberg, who has closely followed MQG’s activities, noted that "if a foreign government had funded a similar NGO operating in the United States, the Biden administration would have taken immediate action."
Grant information shows that MQG received grants of around $10,000 to $15,000 dollars in 2020, 2021, and 2022. In each of those years, the State Department was listed as the group’s sole foreign donor.
The majority of MQG’s funding comes from its membership dues and from donations made by charitable organizations. The group says it "is not willing, by principle, to receive any assistance from the governmental system," but does not include a similar prohibition on foreign government funding.
MQG did not respond to a Free Beacon request for comment about how the U.S. funds were used.
Israeli political observers also have raised concerns about whether the U.S. funding is helping to fuel opposition to Netanyahu’s government.
"The Movement for Quality Government has worked for decades to subvert Israeli democracy," Caroline Glick, an Israel-based political pundit who first raised questions about State Department funding for the group in a column last month, told the Free Beacon. "It is a slap in the face of the Israeli public and an expression of contempt for Israeli democracy that the State Department is funding this radical group."
The State Department has come under fire in the past for funding foreign groups opposed to Netanyahu.
During the Obama administration, the State Department was caught deleting emails that showed it funded the OneVoice Movement, a liberal group that was waging an anti-Netanyahu smear campaign at the time.
The Biden administration also has come under fire for pushing an anti-Israel agenda through the Justice Department, which announced last year that it is conducting an unprecedented FBI investigation into Israel’s accidental shooting of a Palestinian-American reporter.
How Taxpayer Funds Are Flowing to a Group Bankrolling Anti-Netanyahu Protests (freebeacon.com)
The U.S. government has been funneling taxpayer money to the left-wing group bankrolling protests against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Israeli funding documents reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
The documents indicate that, since 2020, Foggy Bottom has sent over $38,000 to the Movement for Quality Government (MQG), the Israeli nonprofit stoking nationwide anti-Netanyahu protests that have seen protesters clash with police and target Netanyahu’s family members. MQG is seeking to takedown Netanyahu’s government over his support for major reforms to the Israeli supreme court that would significantly limit its power. The organization petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court earlier this year to oust Netanyahu, claiming he is unfit for office due to ongoing investigations into allegations of political corruption and bribery.
The State Department, which confirmed the funding, calls the group a nonpartisan organization, but its work opposing Netanyahu raises questions about how the group was able to obtain U.S. funding. The United States typically avoids funding foreign partisan groups to avoid claims of political meddling. Even before MQG emerged as the leading force behind the current wave of anti-Netanyahu protests, it made a name for itself as a leading critic of the Israeli right, which has long seen Netanyahu as its leader. Given the Biden administration’s chilly diplomatic relationship with Netanyahu—which includes repeated criticism of Israeli settlement construction and the decision to launch an unprecedented FBI probe into Israel’s anti-terrorism operations—the U.S. funding to MQG has come under new scrutiny.
"The State Department should never fund foreign partisan organizations in allied democracies," Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Free Beacon. "If the shoe was on the other foot, the Biden administration would accuse Israel of interfering in our elections. Congress should absolutely review the State Department’s potential funding of partisan politics in Israel."
The State Department downplayed its funding for MQG and would not answer questions about whether U.S. funds could have been diverted to the organization’s anti-Netanyahu activities.
"The State Department has provided small grants to the Movement for Quality Government, including a grant signed in 2020 during the previous administration and continued under the Biden administration that focused on teaching civic education and supporting good governance," a State Department official told the Free Beacon. The last tranche of funding was awarded in September 2022. The money was meant to be used for democracy training programs in the Israeli school system.
The State Department described MQG as "a respected, independent, non-partisan, grassroots non-governmental organization committed to promoting values of democracy, transparency, good governance, and civic participation."
The United States provided funding to the group beginning in 2020, near the end of the Trump administration. One former senior U.S. official familiar with the matter said the grant was likely approved by career State Department officials and that the small amount of money likely went unnoticed by Trump administration political appointees who could have blocked it.
The State Department typically allows its grantees to self-report how the money is used, meaning there are few guardrails in place to prevent it from being spent on other causes, according to Gerald Steinberg, founder of NGO Monitor, a watchdog group that monitors these issues. "Few if any funders even attempt to monitor the actual use of grants," he said.
Steinberg, who has closely followed MQG’s activities, noted that "if a foreign government had funded a similar NGO operating in the United States, the Biden administration would have taken immediate action."
Grant information shows that MQG received grants of around $10,000 to $15,000 dollars in 2020, 2021, and 2022. In each of those years, the State Department was listed as the group’s sole foreign donor.
The majority of MQG’s funding comes from its membership dues and from donations made by charitable organizations. The group says it "is not willing, by principle, to receive any assistance from the governmental system," but does not include a similar prohibition on foreign government funding.
MQG did not respond to a Free Beacon request for comment about how the U.S. funds were used.
Israeli political observers also have raised concerns about whether the U.S. funding is helping to fuel opposition to Netanyahu’s government.
"The Movement for Quality Government has worked for decades to subvert Israeli democracy," Caroline Glick, an Israel-based political pundit who first raised questions about State Department funding for the group in a column last month, told the Free Beacon. "It is a slap in the face of the Israeli public and an expression of contempt for Israeli democracy that the State Department is funding this radical group."
The State Department has come under fire in the past for funding foreign groups opposed to Netanyahu.
During the Obama administration, the State Department was caught deleting emails that showed it funded the OneVoice Movement, a liberal group that was waging an anti-Netanyahu smear campaign at the time.
The Biden administration also has come under fire for pushing an anti-Israel agenda through the Justice Department, which announced last year that it is conducting an unprecedented FBI investigation into Israel’s accidental shooting of a Palestinian-American reporter.
How Taxpayer Funds Are Flowing to a Group Bankrolling Anti-Netanyahu Protests (freebeacon.com)
Of course you are unaware that there have been protests against Netanyahu's judicial moves for the last 8 weeks.
Its right wingers protesting more extreme right wingers, but there is a serious debate there about what he is doing.
Maybe you should go see some theatre.
nope note interested in pro-Palestinian propaganda that ignore Hamas oppressive rule in the Gaza strip
Of course, you can't see anything that starts with a premise that Palestinians are people.
You'd just rather they live in apartheid hell, it appears.
UN Chief Says Palestinians are Living ‘in Hell’ under Israeli occupation
here is franky defending hamas terrorists that are ruling gaza under opressive islamic sharia laws
apologist for hamas the terror group
defends hamas claiming that it is islamophobic to call hamas terrrorists
still refuses to condemn hamas
still defending hamas
franky saying the intafada(terrorism and against israelis and jews) is resistance
defending hamas again
defending terrorist organzation calling themselves the lions den
You really have no idea about life in Gaza.
Why don't you go see this show in town right now and try to actually hear what a Palestinian who has lived in Gaza has to say.
Rubble - Theatre Passe Muraille
A play by Dr.Suvendrini Lena, Rubble takes place in Gaza. In a theatre, broken but not abandoned, hear the voice of late Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish*, and examine the urgent question: what is the meaning of poetry in the midst of war? What is our responsibility as we read, write...
www.passemuraille.ca
Meanwhile, Israeli squatter settlers committed yet another act of terrorism in Huwara last night, again celebrating by dancing with the IDF soldiers who back them up.
Israeli attack wounds Palestinians as settlers and soldiers dance
Five Palestinians wounded in settler attack in Huwara, where soldiers and settlers danced together celebrating Purim.
And as a reminder about your bullshit links, anyone of which we could discuss as they show your own racism:
You refuse to read and look at anything that describe life in the Gaza under hamas rule. You refuse to listen to and read views of the Palestinian people you disagree with and denying them agency. All you do is read biased and anti-jewish websites.You really have no idea about life in Gaza.
Why don't you go see this show in town right now and try to actually hear what a Palestinian who has lived in Gaza has to say.
Rubble - Theatre Passe Muraille
A play by Dr.Suvendrini Lena, Rubble takes place in Gaza. In a theatre, broken but not abandoned, hear the voice of late Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish*, and examine the urgent question: what is the meaning of poetry in the midst of war? What is our responsibility as we read, write...
Meanwhile, Israeli squatter settlers committed yet another act of terrorism in Huwara last night, again celebrating by dancing with the IDF soldiers who back them up.
Israeli attack wounds Palestinians as settlers and soldiers dance
Five Palestinians wounded in settler attack in Huwara, where soldiers and settlers danced together celebrating Purim.www.aljazeera.com
And as a reminder about your bullshit links, anyone of which we could discuss as they show your own racism:
I quote from the Israeli paper Haaretz, Israeli B'tselem, IJVCanada and ifnotnow, amongst others.
You have never read a Palestinian link, quoted a Palestinian or even stated you think Palestinians are human beings that deserve basic human rights.
All you've done is call Amnesty and HRW 'terrorist propaganda' while your racist views back apartheid and refuse to even acknowledge Palestinian rights.
Do you think the repeated celebrations from Palestinians of terror attacks is relevant to the problems today? Or the fact that half of Palestinian think armed violence will solve their problems?
Oh that's right, you never listen to Palestinian voices and only post token Jewish voices if you think it helps your agenda.
everytime you lie and call me a racist i will display your antisemitic and terrorist supporting posts
justifying terrorists attacks against israeli and jewish civilians
supports the anti-jewish vandalizing of a business owned by a Jewish man and making excuses for it
promoting the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the region.
apologist for hamas the terror group
defending the PLFP terror group
refuses to condemn anti-jewish hate crimes commited by anti-jewish gangs
refuses to condemn the anti-semitic attacks on jewish shoppers at a supermaket in Thornhill, Ontario Canada.
franky continues to sink deeper and deeper into anti-jewish terrorism. franky defends a mapping project in Massacheusets
anti-jewish activists create a list of jewish organzations for anti-semitic purposes
franky defends a terrorist that was killed in a shootout with the IDF
defends hamas claiming that it is islamophobic to call hamas terrrorists
defending an anti-semitic terror supporting rally
defending a terrorist attack against a security guard(security guards are civilians)
still refuses to condemn hamas
justified the murder of a security guard
franky resorts to slander defending the Fatah organization who admitted that they are a terrorist organization
still defending hamas
franky saying the intafada(terrorism and against israelis and jews) is resistance
defending a voilent anti-semitic organization "Within our lifetime"
defending hamas again
defending PFLP Terrorist organization
defending the Fatah organization that recently called for terrorist attacks against Israel
Franky defending the terrorists that were killed after shooting at the IDF
Franky defending an anti-jewish hate crime vandalism
citing an anti-semitic, terrorist supporter Sana Saeed
defending terrorist organzation calling themselves the lions den
What repeated celebrations from what attacks?
You don't seem to have a problem with Israeli settlers trying to use violence and terrorism to solve their 'problems'.
Attacks continue in Huwara, yet you're mad about a poll.
What lie?
I don't lie, you support apartheid.
You also called Amnesty 'terrorist propaganda'.
You also said this:
Meanwhile the illegal occupation continues with the occupying power murdering more Palestinians, today another 6 killed in a 'raid'.
This post, where you accuse Palestinians of supporting violence needs to be put in context with this post, where you celebrate Israeli violence.
Of course you'll declare that all dead Palestinians are 'terrorists' the same way that you say 'free Palestine' is antisemitic and reporting about Israeli apartheid is 'antisemitic'.
Israel uses tanks to fire at a building that held people they accused of being resistance fighters or 'terrorists'. Israel hit and killed civilians in the process, an act that you say is terrorism only when Palestinians do it.p.s. More for you to complain about.
Israel tries to arrest the killer of two Jews last week, comes under heavy gunfire and killed 6 Palestinian fighters. The suspect and 2 others claimed by Fatah's Al Aqsa, as their fighters, 2 claimed by Hamas, and 1 by PIJ. Of course you'll pretend that even though terror groups claimed these guys as fighters and those same groups publicized shooting at the arrest team, it was really Israel killing innocent, peaceful Palestinians while claiming it is illegal for Israel to try and arrest the double murderer.
Alleged Huwara terrorist among six Palestinians killed as IDF raids Jenin
PM praises troops who 'eliminated the despicable terrorist' behind killing of 2 brothers last week; 3 Yamam officers hurt in exchange of fire with gunmen during operationwww.timesofisrael.com
You celebrate violence.
I support BDS and sanctions to end apartheid.
The typical avoidance.
After the Jerusalem synagogue massacre which you refuse to actually criticize, there were widespread celebrations including fireworks.
Palestinians celebrate deadly terror shooting in Jerusalem with fireworks, sweets
Celebrations break out after terrorist kills 7, wounds several others, with crowds across West Bank and Gaza chanting, lighting bonfires and passing out treats
www.timesofisrael.com
But you will desperately try to avoid discussing thousands of Palestinians celebrating the murder of a bunch of Jews and instead claim Israel should be destroyed because a few dozen Israeli racists celebrated. Similarly you want to demonize Israel because a small fringe group of Israel racists commit violence while ignoring that fully half of Palestinians think violence will give them a state and support attacks on civilians inside Israel.
What a racist joke you are.
Not my claim. It's called listening to what Palestinians say.
By which you mean that you will justify anything Palestinians do just because you have a racist obsession with Israel. Thanks for confirming what everyone already knows.
Fireworks!
Wow, I can understand how angry that must make you feel.
I did criticize the synagogue attack, stop lying.
300 settlers attacked Huwara and here you are whining about fireworks.
And still you refuse to acknowledge that the illegal occupation, colonization and apartheid is the problem.
Not the native population resisting an illegal occupation.
Yes, widespread celebration for a bunch of Jews killed while leaving prayers. Just another example of your deeply insidious double standard.
And still you refuse to acknowledge that hatred of Jews promoted by Palestinian leadership is a major roadblock to any kind of peace.
Do you not think there's any kind of connection between
and
3 wounded, including 1 critically, in central Tel Aviv terror shooting
Police say gunman shot dead after opening fire at people outside cafe on Dizengoff Street; another victim in serious condition; Hamas claims terrorist as member
www.timesofisrael.com
And Hamas claims the attacker as their own while they celebrated the successful 'operation'.
The killer posing in front of a map claiming all of the region as Palestine and celebrating him as a martyr.
(google translate for those who don't read Arabic - The outcome of the "Tel Aviv" operation is 5 wounded, and the perpetrator was martyred, the martyr Moataz Salah Al-Khawaja. 2 Serious 1 minor 2 Panic
You refuse to acknowledge that part of the problem is Palestinian/Arab leadership spending 100 years promoting hatred of Jews and promising their people that Jews will be removed from the region.
You cheered for Israeli raids on Jenin that killed Palestinians and wounded over a 100.
Your hatred of Palestinians is worse than what you accuse of Palestinians or Hamas.
I argue for equal rights, the end of apartheid through support of BDS and a non-violent resolution to a 53 year old, illegal occupation.
Even Rwanda could recover from full on genocide, I honestly hope that some day you and Israel and all Palestinians can recover from this half century long hatred.
There are those who support peace from both sides, like B'tselem and BDS, both sides can heal.
Some day I really hope you turn away from your support of violence and support peace and human rights.
