{"id":2237698,"date":"2024-05-05T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-of-bidens-biggest-backers-are-funding-anti-israel-protests-rocking-universities\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T18:29:12","slug":"some-of-bidens-biggest-backers-are-funding-anti-israel-protests-rocking-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-of-bidens-biggest-backers-are-funding-anti-israel-protests-rocking-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Biden Supporters Fund Anti-Israel Protests at Universities"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsome-of-bidens-biggest-backers-are-funding-anti-israel-protests-rocking-universities%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=2237698&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--><p>President\u200d Joe Biden&#8217;s top supporters are \u2063backing pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas activists protesting U.S. aid to Israel. \u200cGroups \u200dlike Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow receive funding from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems\/\" title=\"Megadonors Pour Record Amount of Money Into \u2018Get Out the Vote\u2019 Effort for Dems\">left-wing donors<\/a> like\u2064 George Soros and Bill Gates. The protests, notably at Columbia University, have led to arrests, with outside influences exacerbating tensions and disrupting\u2064 campuses. President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200bkey supporters are funding\u200c pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas demonstrators opposing U.S. aid\u200b to \u200bIsrael. Groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and\u200c IfNotNow are backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-official-beto-orourke-set-164-million-democrat-dollars-on-fire\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Official: Beto O\u2019Rourke Set 4 Million Democrat Dollars On Fire\">leftist donors<\/a> like George Soros and Bill \u2062Gates. The protests, especially at Columbia University, have \u2063resulted in arrests and disruptions on campuses,\u2062 influenced by external factors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of President Joe Biden\u2019s most prominent backers are funding pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas demonstrators who are protesting U.S. support for Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activist groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are in part funded through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-of-bidens-biggest-backers-are-funding-anti-israel-protests-rocking-universities-report\/\" title=\"Report: Biden's Top Supporters Fund Anti-Israel Protests at Universities\">nonprofit networks involving leftist megadonors<\/a> such as George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, David Rockefeller Jr., and the Pritzker family, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/05\/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">POLITICO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, responsible for organizing protests at universities such as Columbia, are both supported by the Tides Foundation, which is funded by Soros and Gates. Tides also receives money from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, directed by a board that includes David Rockefeller Jr. Nick Pritzker, a wealthy entrepreneur and heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire, and his wife Susan are also donors to Tides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tides has given more than half a million dollars to Jewish Voice for Peace over the past five years, according to POLITICO. The foundation claims Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow as \u201cgrantee partners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pritzkers also founded the Libra Foundation, which has financially supported groups such as The Climate Justice Alliance, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, and the Immigrant Defense Project, all of which have expressed opposition to Israel\u2019s actions following Hamas\u2019 October 7 terror attack. The Climate Justice Alliance has organized marches calling Biden \u201cGenocide Joe\u201d over U.S. support for Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Protests have roiled university campuses in recent weeks, resulting in hundreds of arrests after demonstrators took over campus buildings and blocked students from attending classes. Of the roughly 300 people arrested at Columbia University last week, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/saraharnold\/2024\/05\/01\/of-the-300-pro-hamas-agitators-arrested-at-columbia-most-werent-students-n2638521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that many of them were outside agitators, not students attending the university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">activist groups<\/a> trained university students for months on civil unrest, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/student-campus-protests-veteran-activist-groups-17ccd094?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. One of the groups involved in training students, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-ben-jerrys-employees-forced-to-watch-anti-israel-videos-report\/\" title=\"New Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s Employees Forced To Watch Anti-Israel Videos: Report\">expressed open support<\/a> for Hamas. The Columbia University administration banned the group from campus twice, accusing it of supporting terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The protests have canceled classes, shut down campuses, and endangered Jewish students. Last week, a Jewish student was denied entry to an anti-Israel protest at MIT, but police eventually agreed to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jewish-student-needs-police-escort-to-enter-mit-anti-israel-encampment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">escort<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  him through the encampment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The unrest over the Israel-Hamas conflict is part of a push from Biden\u2019s left flank to cut off U.S. support for Israel. Biden appears to have made overtures to leftists, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pentagon-estimates-gaza-aid-pier-will-cost-us-taxpayers-320m-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">investing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into building a pier to facilitate aid into Gaza and increasing pressure on Israel to provide assistance, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The campus unrest has sparked a backlash from more moderate Democrats. Biden spoke from the White House last week condemning violence and illegality on university campuses. The president condemned \u201cIslamophobia\u201d alongside antisemitism during his remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere should be no place on any campus, no place in America for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students. There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it\u2019s antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans,\u201d Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/05\/02\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-recent-events-on-college-campuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Biden donors support pro-Palestinian protests opposing U.S. backing of Israel. 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