{"id":2249222,"date":"2024-05-21T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-has-paid-435000-to-firm-of-anti-israel-activist-for-terrorism-tied-groups\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T05:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:11:59","slug":"rashida-tlaib-has-paid-435000-to-firm-of-anti-israel-activist-for-terrorism-tied-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-has-paid-435000-to-firm-of-anti-israel-activist-for-terrorism-tied-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashida Tlaib paid $435,000 to a firm linked to anti-Israel activism for terrorism-related organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Frashida-tlaib-has-paid-435000-to-firm-of-anti-israel-activist-for-terrorism-tied-groups%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=2249222&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>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from the \u2062&#8221;Squad&#8221; has directed significant payments to \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleven-hunter-biden-intel-laptop-letter-signers-have-visited-joe-bidens-white-house-records-reveal\/\" title=\"Eleven Hunter Biden intel laptop letter signers have visited Joe Biden's White House, records reveal\">consulting firm led<\/a> by an anti-Israel activist \u200dassociated with Palestinian terrorist\u2064 groups. \u200cThis alignment has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-expects-18k-illegals-per-day-after-title-42-lifted\/\" title=\"DHS Expects 18k Illegals Per Day After Title 42 Lifted\">sparked bipartisan criticism<\/a> over her anti-Israel remarks and financial support for entities linked to \u2063terrorism. Tlaib&#8217;s actions have \u2064drawn attention and concern\u200c from various political factions. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib&#8217;s payments to a consultancy led by\u200b an anti-Israel activist tied to Palestinian terrorist groups have sparked bipartisan criticism. \u2062Her support for entities associated \u200dwith terrorism has \u2063raised concerns across political factions.  <\/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<div>\n<p>\u201cSquad\u201d Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rashida-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (D-MI) has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars since being elected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> to a consulting firm led by an anti-Israel activist working on behalf of groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions, records show. <\/p>\n<p>Tlaib, who often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2436245\/house-censures-rashida-tlaib-over-anti-israel-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>faces criticism<\/a> from both Republicans and Democrats for her anti-Israel rhetoric and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1720574880557539763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defense<\/a> of a phrase calling for the destruction of the Jewish state, has delivered more than $435,000 in payments earmarked for \u201cfundraising consulting\u201d since 2020 from her campaign and leadership PAC to Unbought Power, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The Florida-based limited liability corporation is operated by Rasha Mubarak, a close ally of Tlaib\u2019s who recently held key roles for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-praise-designated-terrorist-groups-for-courageous-work\/\" title=\"House Dems Praise Designated Terrorist Groups for \u2018Courageous Work\u2019\">terrorism-tied organizations<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The routine cash transfers from Rashida Tlaib for Congress and Rooted in Community Leadership PAC to Unbought Power underscore how the congresswoman has <a href=\"https:\/\/canarymission.org\/individual\/Rashida_Tlaib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>aligned<\/a> herself with activists helping to coordinate operations for entities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2572034\/democrat-rashida-tlaib-part-of-secret-pro-hamas-facebook-group-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sharing<\/a> connections to Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist factions. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-electioneering-dirty-facebook-suspends-gop-ad-campaign-days-before-january-georgia-runoff-election\/\" title=\"More Electioneering: Dirty Facebook Suspends GOP Ad Campaign Days Before January Georgia Runoff Election\">joint fundraising committee<\/a> for members of the Squad, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and other Democrats, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;recipient_name=unbought+power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>paid<\/a> $86,000 to the firm run by Mubarak, <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/UmbBqwv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>who<\/a> once said she is tired of hearing the \u201clie\u201d that \u201cIsrael has the right to defend herself\u201d against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the progressive-left and pro-Palestinian base of the Democratic Party in Tlaib\u2019s home state of Michigan is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/10\/us\/politics\/biden-muslim-arab-americans-gaza.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unhappy<\/a> with the Biden administration for backing Israel amid its war against Hamas. One veteran Biden-allied Democratic strategist told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> the company the Squad keeps is \u201cdisturbing, antisemitic, and anti-American.\u201d But to Republicans, Biden isn\u2019t doing nearly enough to distance himself from anti-Israel activists defending terrorism due to a political <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2024\/02\/michigan-democrats-biden-israel-elissa-slotkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>calculation<\/a> he is making for the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats as a whole have caved to their pro-terror base and abandoned Israel as they seek to help President Joe Biden win Michigan,\u201d Will Reinert, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2023 and 2024, Tlaib\u2019s campaign and leadership PAC have paid $139,000 to Unbought Power, with $43,000 of that sum being sent to Mubarak\u2019s firm just this year.<\/p>\n<p>Mubarak <a href=\"https:\/\/samidoun.net\/page\/9\/?taxonomy=category16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>was recently<\/a> listed as a press contact on the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231028070552\/https:\/\/afgj.org\/alliance-for-global-justice-press-release-09-06-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>website<\/a> of the Arizona-based charity Alliance for Global Justice, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2577243\/terror-tied-charity-faces-uncertain-future-as-liberal-donors-and-payment-processors-jump-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cut off by payment processors<\/a> and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2441314\/top-biden-allied-dark-money-group-pledges-to-stop-funding-palestinian-terror-tied-charity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lost top donors<\/a> over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/865601\/left-wing-charity-appears-to-fundraise-illegally-for-palestinian-terror-linked-group-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>series<\/a> of <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/729321\/left-wing-charity-faces-legal-complaint-over-fundraiser-for-palestinian-terror-linked-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reports<\/a> on its ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>Alliance for Global Justice and its offshoots, including the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, cannot fundraise online and are now <a href=\"https:\/\/samidoun.net\/donate-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>instructing<\/a> the public to mail checks to AFGJ\u2019s address in Tucson, Arizona. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden\u2019s Abuse of Public Office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tlaib consultant, according to corporate records filed in Virginia, is also president of the advocacy arm of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/bds-umbrella-group-linked-to-palestinian-terrorist-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has<\/a> sponsored the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions National Committee, which includes a separate coalition reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/27\/world\/middleeast\/bds-israel-boycott-antisemitic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>counting<\/a> Hamas, the PFLP, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as members. The BDS National Committee shares close ties to AFGJ <a href=\"https:\/\/bdsmovement.net\/pacbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>since<\/a> a project that has been under the Arizona-based charity called the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is a founding member of the committee.<\/p>\n<p>On May 9, the Mubarak-led advocacy arm of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights submitted documents to Virginia\u2019s corporation commission indicating it would soon dissolve. <\/p>\n<p>However, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit group has not yet filed a necessary termination report due May 31, meaning it may have to pay a 2024 registration fee, an employee for the corporation commission said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m assuming maybe they don\u2019t know,\u201d the employee told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, noting it\u2019s unusual for a group to have not already filed this report.<\/p>\n<p>Mubarak and Alliance for Global Justice did not reply to requests for comment. The Tlaib consultant also worked from 2015 to 2018 as a top staffer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a> chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, according to Mubarak\u2019s LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator of\u00a0Hamas in a 2009 terrorism financing case, and one of its former top staffers, Ghassan Elashi, was convicted in 2008 for helping to funnel millions of dollars to Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON \">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden White House has sought to distance itself from CAIR after the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel over CAIR\u2019s national director, Nihad Awad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/08\/us\/politics\/white-house-cair-nihad-awad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>saying<\/a> he \u201cwas happy to see\u201d Palestinians \u201cbreak the siege\u201d that day. <\/p>\n<p>Tlaib\u2019s campaign did not return a request for comment. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from the &#8220;Squad&#8221; has allocated substantial funds to a consultancy firm run by an anti-Israel advocate. 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