{"id":2121390,"date":"2023-12-11T05:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-pays-anti-israel-group-that-spreads-lies-about-gaza-war-to-fight-disinformation\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T05:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T10:11:02","slug":"biden-admin-pays-anti-israel-group-that-spreads-lies-about-gaza-war-to-fight-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-pays-anti-israel-group-that-spreads-lies-about-gaza-war-to-fight-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin funds anti-Israel group spreading Gaza war disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-pays-anti-israel-group-that-spreads-lies-about-gaza-war-to-fight-disinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2121390&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration Funds Anti-Israel Nonprofit Spreading Disinformation<\/h2>\n<p>In its efforts to combat the spread of disinformation \u200bin the Middle East, the Biden administration has awarded hundreds of\u2064 thousands of\u2062 dollars in\u200d taxpayer money \u2064to an anti-Israel nonprofit. This organization,\u200c MENAACTION Inc., has been pushing fake\u2062 news \u200cabout the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>The State \u2062Department granted $573,000 to MENAACTION\u200b Inc. on Oct. 1. The\u2062 funds were\u2063 intended to \u200cprotect &#8220;media \u200cand society against disinformation&#8221; and to train Jordanian journalists in \u200cidentifying &#8220;fake news.&#8221; However, MENAACTION&#8217;s founders have a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-breaks-down-in-tears-on-house-floor-as-she-attempts-to-make-herself-the-victim\/\" title=\"Rashida Tlaib Breaks Down in Tears on House Floor as She Attempts to Make Herself the Victim\">promoting false narratives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200bof the cofounders, Chris Aboukhaled, spread Hamas&#8217;s claim that Israel bombed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. \u200dIn reality, the \u200brocket that struck the hospital \u200cwas fired by Palestinian \u2062Islamic Jihad, another terrorist \u2063group in Gaza. Mohammed Abu Dalhoum, another \u200ccofounder, also suggested that Israel was\u200c behind the bombing and accused Israel \u2064of\u200c &#8220;genocide.&#8221; Experts agree that Israel&#8217;s targeted retaliatory strikes against Hamas do not constitute genocide.<\/p>\n<p>The grants to MENAACTION \u200draise concerns about the administration&#8217;s ability to combat disinformation in the Middle East.\u200d It also raises\u200b questions about the Biden administration&#8217;s funding for anti-Israel\u200c groups and\u2062 initiatives to fight \u2063disinformation.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversial Funding Choices<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this year, the White House appointed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an anti-Israel advocacy group, \u200dto its &#8220;national strategy to\u2062 counter anti-Semitism.&#8221; However, the White House removed references to CAIR&#8217;s\u2063 role after the group&#8217;s leader expressed support for Hamas fighters attacking Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department also\u2064 recently\u200d awarded\u2064 $260,000\u2064 to a Palestinian university that praised Hamas as &#8220;righteous martyrs.&#8221; Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security \u2062granted \u200dmillions of dollars to mosques that have called for the annihilation of Jews.<\/p>\n<p>MENAACTION, which \u200dclaims \u2063to\u200d advocate for the rights of\u2062 Middle Eastern youth, has been highly critical of the Israeli government and refers to them as \u2063the &#8220;Israeli\u200b occupying forces&#8221; in Gaza and the West Bank. Dalhoum\u2063 even suggested that Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is Jewish, could \u2062not serve as an impartial mediator in negotiations between Israel and Palestinian \u2063leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Details of MENAACTION&#8217;s State Department grant remain unclear as neither the agency nor MENAACTION have responded to requests for \u2062comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding Disinformation Initiatives<\/h3>\n<p>The grants to MENAACTION are part of a broader initiative \u2062by the administration to combat disinformation on political issues. However, this cause has stirred controversy as many of the organizations involved\u200d have \u200cbeen accused of having a liberal bias or spreading fake \u200dnews \u200bthemselves.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Department of Homeland \u200dSecurity formed the Disinformation Governance Board, led by Nina Jankowicz, a researcher who promoted false narratives about Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop and alleged collusion between Donald Trump and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has also\u2062 contracted NewsGuard to help\u2062 identify\u200c &#8220;misinformation&#8221; for the \u2062military. However, NewsGuard has faced criticism from conservatives for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-not-streaming-clarence-thomas-doc-during-black-history-month\/\" title=\"Amazon Not Streaming Clarence Thomas Doc During Black History Month\">alleged anti-conservative bias<\/a> \u200cand its predominantly Democrat employee roster. One of NewsGuard&#8217;s cofounders, Steven Brill, even spread the false claim that the release of Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop in 2020 was &#8220;a hoax perpetrated \u200cby the Russians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u2064are the\u200d concerns \u2064surrounding the inclusion of \u200dCAIR in \u200bthe government&#8217;s efforts to counter anti-Semitism?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d R, CAIR has been criticized for its \u200bcontroversial statements \u2064and associations. In 2007, CAIR was named\u2063 as\u200b an \u2062unindicted co-conspirator \u2064in the Holy Land Foundation \u200cterrorism financing \u2063case, which involved funneling money to Hamas. Additionally, CAIR&#8217;s \u200dco-founder, Omar Ahmad,\u200c has been quoted as saying,\u2064 &#8220;Islam isn&#8217;t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of CAIR in the government&#8217;s efforts to counter anti-Semitism raises serious concerns\u2062 about the administration&#8217;s commitment to supporting Israel and combating \u200cdisinformation in the region. By \u200dfunding organizations \u200bwith \u200danti-Israel agendas, the Biden administration risks perpetuating false narratives and undermining the peace \u200cprocess.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the decision to \u200baward \u200dtaxpayer money \u2064to MENAACTION \u200cInc. despite their history of\u200b spreading disinformation is\u200d deeply\u200c troubling.\u2062 The purpose of combating disinformation is \u200cto promote accurate information \u2063and prevent the spread of falsehoods. By funding an organization\u200d that has been involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turkeys-erdogan-warns-against-free-speech-says-social-media-a-threat-to-democracy\/\" title=\"Turkey\u2019s Erdogan Warns Against Free Speech, Says Social Media a \u2018Threat to Democracy\u2019\">spreading fake news<\/a> about Israel, the\u2062 administration is effectively \u200dsupporting the dissemination \u200bof\u200d false narratives and undermining its own efforts to combat disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2064 must\u200b reevaluate its funding choices and ensure that taxpayer money is not being used to support organizations with anti-Israel biases\u200b or a history of\u200d spreading disinformation. It\u2062 is crucial that any\u2063 initiatives aimed at combating disinformation in the \u2064Middle East are based on accurate information and promote a fair and \u200dbalanced view of\u2062 the region&#8217;s conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>In order to effectively combat disinformation,\u2063 it is\u2062 imperative that the Biden administration supports organizations that are committed to truth and accuracy. Funding should be directed towards organizations that have a track record of promoting objective journalism and unbiased reporting. By doing so, \u200dthe administration can ensure that its efforts \u2064to combat disinformation \u2062are\u200b effective and aligned with its commitment to supporting Israel and \u200cpromoting peace\u200d in\u2063 the region.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Biden administration&#8217;s funding of MENAACTION Inc., an anti-Israel nonprofit spreading disinformation,\u2064 raises significant\u200c concerns. It is crucial that taxpayer money is\u200d not used to support organizations with a history of\u200d promoting false narratives and \u200bundermining the peace process. The administration must \u200creevaluate its funding choices and\u2064 ensure \u2062that initiatives aimed at combating disinformation in the Middle East \u200care based on accurate information and promote \u200ba\u2063 fair and balanced view of the\u2062 conflicts \u200bin \u2063the region. By doing so, the administration \u200bcan effectively combat disinformation and uphold its commitment to supporting Israel and promoting peace\u2064 in the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration granted $573,000 of taxpayer funds to MENAACTION Inc., a Virginia nonprofit, to combat disinformation in the Middle East. However, this organization has been accused of spreading fake news regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the State Department&#8217;s efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2121391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2121390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}