{"id":2336989,"date":"2024-09-05T04:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-group-counts-staffers-as-biden-white-house-visitors-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T04:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:25:05","slug":"anti-israel-group-counts-staffers-as-biden-white-house-visitors-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-group-counts-staffers-as-biden-white-house-visitors-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel group counts staffers as Biden White House visitors &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fanti-israel-group-counts-staffers-as-biden-white-house-visitors-washington-examiner%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=2336989&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>The article discusses the growing influence \u2064of Emgage, an anti-Israel group funded by Democratic donor George Soros, within the Biden administration. Since President \u200dBiden took office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-emerges-as-big-winner-from-openai-turmoil-with-altman-on-board\/\" title=\"Microsoft emerges as big winner from OpenAI turmoil with Altman on board\">key staff members<\/a> from Emgage have \u200breportedly made 60 visits\u200d to the \u2063White\u2064 House for meetings \u2064on various issues.\u2064 Emgage has\u200d been actively involved in promoting \u200dthe Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions \u2064(BDS) \u2064movement against Israel and has made statements blaming Israel \u200cfor the outbreak of violence involving Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights the group\u2019s connections to notable\u200d individuals, including its \u2062CEO Wa&#8217;el Alzayat, who has \u200cvisited the White House\u200b multiple times, \u2064including meetings\u200d with \u200dBiden and other high-ranking officials. Members of \u200cEmgage have also transitioned into positions within\u200d the Biden administration, raising concerns about their influence in U.S. foreign policy regarding Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Emgage has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-math-finds-its-way-into-the-curriculum\/\" title=\"Woke Math Finds Its Way Into the Curriculum\">received substantial funding<\/a> from Soros\u2019s Open \u200cSociety\u200d Foundations and operates alongside other left-leaning organizations. Despite\u2062 the group&#8217;s significant access\u2064 to policymaking in the Biden administration, they\u2062 have\u200d not \u2063publicly commented on the article&#8217;s claims. The article presents\u2062 this situation as indicative of broader \u200ctensions\u200b between\u2064 the Biden administration and pro-Israel advocates, especially\u2063 in the context of ongoing Middle \u2062Eastern \u200bconflicts.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anti-Israel group funded by Soros gains influence with 60 Biden White House visits<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735563\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Over the course of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s time in office, an anti-Israel group that receives large checks from Democratic megadonor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>George Soros<\/a> has seen its top staffers score 60 trips to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-bidens-catastrophic-withdrawal-is-empowering-another-enemy-china\/\" title=\"OPINION: Biden\u2019s Catastrophic Withdrawal Is Empowering Another Enemy \u2013 China\">high-level meetings<\/a>, according to records.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Officials at Emgage, a group that has promoted the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>movement<\/a>, have hobnobbed at the White House on at least 60 occasions combined since 2021, according to White House visitor logs reviewed by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Emgage notably <a href=\"https:\/\/emgageaction.org\/statement-regarding-escalating-violence-between-israel-and-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>blamed<\/a> Israel for allegedly provoking Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7 attack last year and counts Khurrum Wahid, an attorney who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.browardpalmbeach.com\/news\/south-florida-muslims-seek-a-new-way-to-get-along-in-the-wake-of-terrorism-charges-and-bigotry-6347247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/debbies-date-with-radicalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>placed<\/a> on a federal terrorist watch list and has a track record of associating <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120304071756\/http:\/\/www.sunshinestatenews.com\/blog\/dnc-boss-wasserman-schultz-keynote-muslim-groups-fundraiser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>with<\/a> Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups, as one of its leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The frequent White House visits illustrate how national anti-Israel groups <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-disavowed-anti-semite-linda-sarsour-then-his-white-house-hosted-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3135111\/top-biden-official-photo-dnc-farrakhan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gained<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3065260\/us-government-foreign-ngos-behind-anti-israel-boycott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>influence<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1007344\/top-left-wing-foundations-bankroll-activists-behind-anti-israel-campaign-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>seat<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3102528\/kamala-harris-hosted-left-wing-nonprofit-heads-shaping-policy-records-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>policymaking table<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2893685\/hamas-sympathizers-campaign-against-israel-left-wing-donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the<\/a> Biden-Harris administration. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3141834\/gop-blame-harris-netanyahu-gaza-hostage-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>to the ire of Republicans<\/a> and pro-Israel groups, continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3140848\/biden-says-netanyahu-isnt-doing-enough-secure-release-hostages-hamas-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>press<\/a> for a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Israeli forces announced they recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas terrorists last year. The hostages were found in a tunnel in Rafah, a southern city in Gaza that Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2997634\/bidens-rafah-red-line-was-months-in-the-making\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>urged<\/a> Israel not to invade.<\/p>\n<p>Emgage, which was <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">formed in 2006,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emgageusa.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describes<\/a>&nbsp;itself as&nbsp;<\/span>&ldquo;a family of organizations dedicated to building political power for Muslim Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Emgage umbrella includes Soros-backed nonprofit groups and a political action committee spending money in elections to boost Democrats such as Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Summer Lee (D-PA), and Susan Wild (D-PA), Federal Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00453704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filings<\/a> show. Emgage <a href=\"https:\/\/millionmuslimvotes.com\/2024-partners\/?emci=f32aabe9-e4d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&amp;emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&amp;ceid=ContactsEmailID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>partners<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/emgageusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emgage_20200312_AnnualReport_C3_2019_R6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>initiatives<\/a> with the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America &mdash; two unindicted co-conspirators in a 2009 terrorism financing case.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2021 and 2024, Emgage CEO Wa&rsquo;el Alzayat, a former Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a> official, visited the White House at least 24 times, according to White House visitor logs.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those visits have been with Biden, such as an Oct. 26 meeting in the Roosevelt Room attended by five people. Alzayat also appeared to have a one-on-one meeting with Middle East National Security Council coordinator Brett McGurk on Feb. 2 &mdash; the same day over 800 officials in the United States and Europe released a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6632322\/western-officials-criticize-israel-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>slamming<\/a> Western governments for supporting Israel. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>But the Emgage CEO&rsquo;s White House access is no anomaly for the group. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, speak in Largo, Maryland, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Emgage&rsquo;s website, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/emgageusa.org\/presidential-personnel-office-program-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>touts<\/a> how it has held monthly meetings with the White House Presidential Personnel Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ppo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>under<\/a> Biden &mdash; an office &ldquo;responsible for aiding the president in recruiting, vetting, and nominating over 4,000 political appointees throughout the federal government.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Some individuals affiliated with Emgage have gone on to work in the Biden-Harris administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/leadership\/indpol\/farooq-mitha.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>including<\/a> Emgage board member Farooq Mitha, who works in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Defense Department<\/a>. Dilawar Syed, deputy administrator for the Small Business Administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-renominates-board-member-at-anti-israel-group-to-small-business-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resigned<\/a> from his Emgage board member role in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Iman Awad, Emgage&rsquo;s deputy director and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-lawmakers-fight-to-amend-constitution-with-convention-of-states\/\" title=\"State lawmakers fight to amend Constitution with convention of states\">national legislative director<\/a>, has visited the Biden White House 11 times, according to visitor logs. <\/p>\n<p>Salima Suswell, a senior Emgage adviser who worked for Biden&rsquo;s 2020 campaign, has visited the Biden White House six times. Suswell attended an April meeting with Biden and five others in the White House&rsquo;s East Wing, according to visitor logs. <\/p>\n<p>Other Emgage staffers that have scored White House visits include policy analyst Hanna Dasoo, organizing director Mohamed Gula, Florida organizer Zakir Shareef, Texas policy associate Niloufar Hafizi, senior adviser Debbie Almontaser, and others, according to a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> review of visitor logs.<\/p>\n<p>Emgage, which did not respond to a request for comment, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=emgage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>received<\/a> millions of dollars over the years from Soros&rsquo;s Open Society Foundations grantmaking network. It also gets checks from the Tides Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2568235\/hamas-friendly-protest-groups-bankrolled-by-democratic-dark-money-juggernaut-tides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a massive left-wing dark money group<\/a> behind anti-Israel protests. <\/p>\n<p>Iltefat Hamzavi, the Emgage Foundation&rsquo;s board chairman, was also appointed in 2018 to the Islamic Society of North America&rsquo;s board, tax records show.<\/p>\n<p>Hamzavi was recently the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muslimobserver.com\/giving-a-voice-to-our-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a> of a newspaper called the <em>Muslim Observer<\/em>, which publishes antisemitic articles &mdash; including a 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151013114949\/http:\/muslimobserver.com\/why-does-america-give-blind-support-to-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>piece<\/a> claiming that &ldquo;Israel controls almost every aspect of American life from politics and government, to the economy they invest in, to the media they are exposed to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, looks before the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, June 21, 2019. (AP Photo\/Ronald Zak)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The outlet also published a 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muslimobserver.com\/911-probe-closing-in-on-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>article<\/a> by Holocaust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnaibrith.ca\/banbarrett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>denier<\/a> Kevin Barrett that blamed Israel for the 9\/11 attacks on the U.S. and a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muslimobserver.com\/evil-axis-zionism-christian-evangelism-destruction-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>article<\/a> by Muslim religious leader Aslam Abdullah arguing the &ldquo;U.S. backs Israel because both political parties are under the influence of Christians for Israel and Zionists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Farrukh Shamsi, another Emgage board member, has shared antisemitic content online, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C47KQU3gtr4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conspiracy<\/a> theory that Jews control the White House. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C5AXv-9MeXX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>promoted<\/a> the conspiracy theory that there was no mass rape committed against Israeli women during the Oct. 7 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Emgage&rsquo;s access to the White House concerns Richard Goldberg, a former member of the White House National Security Council who worked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran<\/a> portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The degree to which the Biden-Harris administration has been penetrated by pro-Hamas organizations is simultaneously breathtaking and unsurprising,&rdquo; said Goldberg, now senior adviser to the nonpartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Breathtaking that groups like this can sit with the president and his senior advisors; unsurprising when you look at the increasingly hostile policies and statements toward Israel these past few months,&rdquo; Goldberg told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735563\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735563\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anti-Israel organization backed by Democratic donor George Soros has gained significant access to the Biden administration, with its key personnel making 60 visits to the White House for important meetings since President Joe Biden took office. Records reviewed by the Washington Examiner reveal that Emgage, a group advocating for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, has had its leaders attend these high-level discussions at least 60 times since 2021. Emgage has publicly criticized Israel for allegedly inciting Hamas&#8217;s attack on October 7 of last year and includes Khurrum Wahid among its leadership\u2014a lawyer reportedly on a federal terrorist watch list with ties to groups associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>These frequent visits highlight how national anti-Israel organizations have secured influence within the Biden-Harris administration. Both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have faced criticism from Republicans and pro-Israel advocates for their calls for a ceasefire in ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts. Recently, Israeli forces announced they had recovered six hostages taken by Hamas last year in Rafah, Gaza\u2014a location where Biden has advised against military action.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2006, Emgage aims to empower Muslim Americans politically and is linked to various Soros-funded nonprofit organizations as well as political action committees supporting Democratic candidates like Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Summer Lee (D-PA), and Susan Wild (D-PA). The group collaborates with entities such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America\u2014both previously unindicted co-conspirators in a terrorism financing case from 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Emgage CEO Wa\u2019el Alzayat made at least 24 visits to the White House between 2021 and 2024; some were direct meetings with President Biden or other senior officials. Other staff members from Emgage have also made multiple trips to meet with White House personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not responding to requests for comment regarding their influence or activities, it is noted that Emgage has received substantial funding from Soros\u2019s Open Society Foundations along with contributions from left-wing groups like Tides Foundation that support anti-Israel protests.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about this access are echoed by Richard Goldberg, a former member of the National Security Council who remarked on how surprising yet expected it is that pro-Hamas organizations can engage directly with top officials given recent U.S. policies perceived as increasingly hostile toward Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2336990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24071511857699-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5845,32502,40146,40145],"class_list":["post-2336989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-anti-israel","tag-biden-administration","tag-political-activism","tag-white-house-visitors"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24071511857699-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336989","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}