Watchdog Group Soros Funding Conflict in Israel

Watchdog Group Soros Funding Conflict in Israel

Billionaires philanthropy funds anti-Israel boycott campaigns, fringe groups. By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 8/7/2013, 1:46 AM
Leftist demoIsrael news photo: Flash 90Billionaire George Soros philanthropy is bad news for Israel, according to an in-depth report from the NGO-Monitor watchdog group.The report listed the many causes in Israel, or pertaining to Israel, that are funded by Soros Open Society Foundations.Among the top beneficiaries of OSF funding is Human Rights Watch, which has been criticized for targeting for criticism, andfalsely libeling, the state of Israel. Another is J Street, which describes itself as “pro-Israel” buthas been termed anti-Israel
by others for, among other things, welcoming proponents of a boycott on
Israel at its national conference and honoring IDF soldiers who refused
orders.Another
recipient of OSF funding is the Institute for Middle East
Understanding, which, NGO-Monitor reports, is headed by staff who have
accused Israel of war crimes and have termed Israel an “apartheid
state.”
NGO-Monitor expressed concern primarily over “problematic” OSF recipients in Israel.Among
the Israeli recipients is Adalah, which promotes the so-called “right
of return” to Israel, which would allow millions of descendants of Arabs
who fled Israel during the War of Independence to claim Israel as their
home.OSF
also funds Al Haq, an Arab organization based in the Palestinian
Authority-controlled city of Ramallah, north of Jerusalem. NGO-Monitors
researchers described Al-Haq director Shawan Jabarin as “a human rights
campaigner by day and a terrorist by night,” who is among the senior
members of the PFLP terrorist group.The extreme-left Israeli group BTselem also receives OSF funds. BTselem is notorious for publishingone-sided reports, and forinflating Arab civilian casualty figures.
For example, the group included hundreds of Hamas policemen in Gaza as
“non-combatants,” and counted Sheikh Ahmed Yassin – then the leader of
Hamas – as not a definite combatant.BTselem
has listed OSF as a source of support, but OSF has not listed BTselem
as a recipient, indicating that the grant may have come through an
overseas entity.The report listed several other controversial, far-left Israeli groups that receive direct or indirect OSF Funding, includingRabbis for Human Rights, Ir Amim, Yesh Din and the New Israel Fund.Overall,
information on Soros OSF “suggests a deliberate emphasis on
influencing the highly complex Israeli-Palestinian arena,” NGO-Monitor
concludes.“There
is no comparable focus by Soros family and OSF gifts or his foundation
network on promoting democracy or economic development in Palestinian
society, nor on surrounding Arab societies,” it added.NGO-Monitor
called on Soros philanthropies to implement transparency regarding
overseas grants, and to ensure that beneficiaries “act in strict
accordance with universal moral principles by abstaining from the
promotion of totalitarian regimes, such as in Iran, as well as from
participating in demonization of Israel through the exploitation of the
language of human rights.”The
group noted that there is no indication that George Soros himself or
his family are hostile to Israel, despite frequent criticism of Israeli
policy.
Egyptians Enraged by U.S.Brotherhood Outreach
Front Page Magazine, by Raymond IbrahimOriginal Article
Posted By:SpeedMaster- 8/12/2013 7:18:32 AM
In
the eyes of tens of millions of Egyptians, Senators John McCains and
Lindsey Grahams recent words and deeds in Egypt — which have the
“blessing” of President Obama — have unequivocally proven that U.S.
leadership is aligning with the Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian media is
awash with stories of the growing anger regarding this policy. A top
advisor to Egypts Interim President Adly Mansour formally accused
McCain of distorting facts to the benefit of the Brotherhood. He
dismissed McCains recent remarks as “irrational” and “moronic.”Thanks Don S.