Politico mocked for being surprised about who is funding anti-Israel protests: “Surprise who?”
Anti-Israel protesters who have invaded college campuses are receiving funding from several big-name Democratic donors who have backed President Biden’s re-election efforts, according to a report.
Democratic donors such as George Soros, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of directors of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Susan and Nick Pritzker, owners of the Hyatt Hotel corporation, have funded pro-Palestinian efforts to protest. against the war between Israel and Hamas, politician 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 & 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 donated $500,000 to Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left anti-Zionist organization, which blamed the October 7 attacks on Israel and the United States, rather than Hamas.
According to Politico, major Democratic donors like Bill Gates and George Soros have been funding anti-Israel protests. (Left: (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images), Right: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images, Right: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images.)
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The Politico report, titled “Pro-Palestinian protesters have backing from a surprising source: Biden’s biggest donors,” was criticized online Sunday for finally acknowledging what others had reported months ago.
“This is actually the least ‘surprising’ thing I’ve heard all year,” said Chaya Raichik, creator of Libs of TikTok. wrote in X.
“I’m glad you guys were able to make it,” Washington Free Beacon reporter Joe Gabriel Simonso joked.
Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt commented: “*A completely unsurprising source.”
“Surprising to whom?” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, responded.
“Politico journalists are apparently the only people on the planet ‘surprised’ by this,” Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller wrote.
“This is only ‘surprising’ if you’re new to following Democratic money in politics,” Republican broadcaster Matt Whitlock responded.
Gabe Kaminsky, investigative journalist for the Washington Examiner, published several previous reports indicating that Soros and other liberal dark money groups were funding anti-Israel causes.
“So much surprise!” Washington Examiner columnist Ian Haworth scoffed.
In addition to anti-Israel protests taking place on college campuses, protesters have also repeatedly disrupted speeches and events by President Biden and other prominent Democratic leaders. They call Biden “Genocide Joe” and continue to protest US involvement in Israel’s war against Hamas.
The Pritzkers also supported groups participating in pro-Palestinian protests. They have also strongly supported the president and donated $300,000 to his 2020 campaign.
“Because [is the Rockefeller Fund] provide major grants to Jewish Voice for Peace, [which] “Did you blame the horrific October 7 attacks on Israel and the United States instead of Hamas?” Elisha Wiesel, a Democratic donor who chairs the Elie Wiesel Foundation, told Politico.
The president spoke out against anti-Semitism and violent protests in a quick speech Thursday, but reaffirmed his support for the right to peacefully protest.
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at Pullman Yards on March 9, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
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“We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or crush dissent. The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest follows the best tradition of how Americans respond to important issues. But we are not a lawless country either.” “A civil society and order must prevail,” Biden said at the White House.
“So let me be clear… Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is. It is against the law when violence occurs. Destroying property is not peaceful protest. It is against the law. Vandalism. Trespassing. Breaking of windows. Campus closure. “Force the cancellation of classes and graduations. None of this is a peaceful protest,” Biden continued. “Threatening people. Intimidate people. Instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest. “It’s against the law,” she stated.
Fox News Digital reported in April that a left-wing dark money group funded by Soros would provide bail and legal support to anti-Israel activists who were arrested after blocking major roads and highways across the country.
Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate outside the New York University campus in New York on Friday, May 3, 2024. Protests on campus continue to extend into their third week as tensions rise across the United States. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
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The demonstrations were largely organized by A15 Action, a recently created group that said it would “coordinate an economic blockade in several cities on April 15 in solidarity with Palestine.”
In the group’s “resources” section on its website, users are directed to a “bail and legal defense fund” hosted by ActBlue, the leading fundraising platform for Democratic campaigns and groups nationwide.
Fox News’ Kyle Morris contributed to this report.
