{"id":2359357,"date":"2024-10-25T05:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-billionaires-fueled-anti-israel-groups-backing-democrats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T05:18:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:18:18","slug":"how-billionaires-fueled-anti-israel-groups-backing-democrats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-billionaires-fueled-anti-israel-groups-backing-democrats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"How billionaires fueled anti-Israel groups backing Democrats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhow-billionaires-fueled-anti-israel-groups-backing-democrats-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=2359357&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>E=&#8221;&#8221;>\/>previously \u200dworked with the Democratic National Committee and the White\u200c House. This connection raises questions regarding the alignment of J \u200cStreet\u2019s funding and priorities with the current Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing financial momentum behind anti-Israel\u2062 initiatives and groups \u2062showcases a significant shift\u200d in\u2062 some factions\u2064 of the Democratic Party. The funding\u2064 networks, which include contributions from prominent philanthropists like George Soros and the involvement of various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-taxpayer-funded-antiracist-group-funneled-nearly-300k-to-husbands-law-firm\/\" title=\"President of Taxpayer-Funded Antiracist Group Funneled Nearly 0K to Husband\u2019s Law Firm\">left-wing organizations<\/a>, highlights \u2064a growing emphasis on pro-Palestinian narratives and opposition to the traditional pro-Israel stance that\u2063 has characterized much\u200c of Democratic politics\u2062 in previous decades.<\/p>\n<p>The impact\u2063 of these funding channels has\u2062 also manifested in\u200d electoral\u2064 outcomes, \u2064with candidates who align themselves more closely with these anti-Israel groups facing heightened scrutiny and eventual defeats. The Republican Jewish Coalition\u2019s claims that the Democratic \u2064Party is becoming increasingly synonymous\u2062 with anti-Israel sentiments suggests a widening\u2062 rift and presents a challenge for Democratic leaders as they navigate these \u200cinternal dynamics while trying to maintain broader electoral support from diverse voter bases.<\/p>\n<p>As policy discussions\u200b continue, it remains\u2062 to be seen how these funding patterns will influence the Democratic Party&#8217;s platform moving forward, particularly regarding foreign policy in the Middle East and\u2063 its relationship with both Israel and Palestinian groups. The intricate connections between activism, funding, and electoral strategy will likely be at the forefront of these debates in the \u200dlead-up \u2064to\u2062 future elections.  <\/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\">How billionaires fueled anti-Israel activists boosting Democrats this election<\/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>This election cycle, a sprawling network of anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> groups connected to left-wing megadonors has worked overtime to boost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> while amassing tens of millions of dollars in war chests, federal records show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The sizable funding illustrates the scope of progressive-led efforts to back Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and lawmakers who the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-is-a-uniquely-destructive-force-leftists-call-for-boycott-of-fnc\/\" title=\"\u2018Fox News Is A Uniquely Destructive Force\u2019: Leftists Call For Boycott Of FNC\">left-wing activist groups<\/a> are calling on to accuse Israel of committing &ldquo;genocide&rdquo; in Gaza. Following the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state, the activists have ramped up likening Israel to an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/08\/world\/video\/gps1006-coates-on-the-plight-of-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">apartheid<\/a>&rdquo; state &mdash; hoping to pressure officials to adopt the same position.<\/p>\n<p>The activists also, according to Federal Election Commission records and tax returns filed with the IRS, receive large checks from billionaire Democrats and organizations reaping their vast fortunes. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ascendant far-left of the Democratic Party should terrify every pro-Israel voter in America,&rdquo; said Sam Markstein, the spokesman for the Republican Jewish Coalition, a group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/article-825747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">supporting<\/a> former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonreporter.news\/op-ed\/op-ed-matt-brooks-jewish-voters-must-get-out-and-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">other<\/a> 2024 GOP candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Since Oct. 7, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/left-faces-reckoning-israel-divides-democrats-rcna120076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reinvigorated<\/a> ideological <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/08\/politics\/democrats-israel-divide-deepens\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tension<\/a> within the Democratic Party, whose top brass must navigate the challenges of not alienating the majority of the country that is pro-Israel while catering to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/538\/young-people-disapprove-bidens-israel-policy-november\/story?id=109875950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">younger<\/a> voters who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/04\/02\/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sympathize<\/a> with the Palestinian cause. Harris, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-seeks-transparency-with-member-finances-after-co-founder-was-found-to-have-purchased-several-homes\/\" title=\"BLM seeks transparency with member finances after co-founder was found to have purchased several homes\">recently faced scrutiny<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/19\/us-news\/kamala-harris-publicly-agrees-with-protestor-accusing-israel-of-genocide-what-hes-talking-about-its-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">describing<\/a> views from an anti-Israel protester heckling her at a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee event as &ldquo;real,&rdquo; though her team sought to walk back the comment soon after.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the 2024 election has seen left-wing groups targeting Israel and funded by Democratic megadonors, such as George Soros, the Rockefellers, and other top philanthropists, raise and spend substantial sums to boost political candidates. The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&lsquo;Actions speak louder than words&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Over the last two years, political arms of groups in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rejectaipac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">coalition<\/a> called Reject the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, also known as Reject AIPAC, have raised over $20 million and spent around the same amount, according to a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> analysis of federal filings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, speaks about the killing of Hamas&rsquo;s top leader, Yahya Sinwar, in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, following a campaign rally at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leading the pack in that coalition, according to the filings, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/workingfamilies.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Working Families Party<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WorkingFamilies?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">calls<\/a> itself &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">progressive grassroots political party building<\/a> a multiracial, feminist movement of working people to transform America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Working Families Party is <a href=\"https:\/\/workingfamilies.org\/ceasefire-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pressuring<\/a> members of Congress to support a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict and, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/26\/us-news\/nys-lefty-working-families-party-ripped-for-endorsement-vote-on-anti-israel-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">telling<\/a> of some pro-Israel Democrats, is akin to the Democratic Socialists party. The party <a href=\"https:\/\/workingfamilies.org\/2023\/10\/wfp-there-is-no-military-solution-to-this-conflict-and-there-never-has-been\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">argues<\/a> that &ldquo;no military solution&rdquo; exists for the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The Working Families Party has spent almost $6 million this election on independent expenditures such as TV ads boosting Democrats &mdash; including Harris. It raised $16 million between January 2023 and August of this year, $2 million of which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00606962&amp;contributor_name=C00693382&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">came<\/a> from a PAC created by Soros. Top funders of the anti-Israel Working Families Party included Regan Pritzker, the daughter of businessman Nicholas J. Pritzker, and Tides Advocacy, an influential dark money group in California. It also included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/accountable-justice-action-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">group<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accountablejusticeaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called<\/a> Accountable Justice Action Fund, which reportedly shares ties to Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>Both Soros and Moskovitz are major top campaign funders, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179215\/kamala-harris-influential-megadonors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Reject AIPAC Coalition calls on lawmakers to pledge to refuse funding from AIPAC or any aligned pro-Israel PACs due to AIPAC&rsquo;s support for Israel, the coalition&rsquo;s website says. The coalition has a self-disclosure in the right-hand corner of its <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20241008221425\/https:\/\/www.rejectaipac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">website<\/a> that says it is &ldquo;paid for by IfNotNow Movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>IfNotNow, similar to the Working Families Party, is listed on the Reject AIPAC website as part of the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>IfNotNow, which receives some of its funding from the Soros-backed Foundation to Promote Open Society, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Tides Foundation, is one of the main anti-Israel activist hubs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2449233\/violent-dnc-protest-against-israel-birthed-by-left-wing-dark-money-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">behind violent protests<\/a> after Oct. 7. <\/p>\n<p>Tax forms show that it has also filled its coffers with tens of thousands of dollars from the Harris-aligned Sixteen Thirty Fund dark money group in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>IfNotNow often helps organize pro-Palestinian protests with Reject AIPAC Coalition member Jewish Voice for Peace. JVP&rsquo;s political arm backed Democrats this election, including Reps. Summer Lee (D-PA) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who lost in his primary, federal records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?committee_id=C00747691&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024&amp;data_type=processed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management, is captured before the Session &ldquo;An insight, an idea with George Soros&rdquo; at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 26, 2013. Credit: World Economic Forum. (Photo by Mirko Ries)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Based in Berkeley, California, JVP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">supports<\/a> the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. JVP operates thanks in part to grants from the philanthropy of Soros, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Firedoll Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/firedoll-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">formed<\/a> by left-wing activists Sandor and Faye Straus, according to tax forms.<\/p>\n<p>The Strauses, a married couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firedoll.org\/areas-of-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who<\/a> &ldquo;funds organizations which agree that the people of Palestine and Israel have the right to share their ancient homeland in peace and security,&rdquo; have made about $3.5 million combined in political donations to Democratic-aligned candidates and PACs. Some of their largest giving this election was reserved for the League of Conservation Voters, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?committee_id=C00486845&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024&amp;data_type=processed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">key<\/a> Harris backer funded by Soros, Michael Bloomberg, film producer Eric Laufer, and other Democratic donors.<\/p>\n<p>JVP, meanwhile, has received funding from the Tides Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>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=\"\">which has also helped orchestrate<\/a> anti-Israel protests after Oct. 7, is a massive left-wing grantmaker in San Francisco. It boasts backers such as Zuckerberg, Soros, Moskovitz, and Sequoia Capital investor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/2865494\/how-billionaire-democrat-fueled-biden-anti-lng-pressure-campaign-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michael Moritz<\/a> &mdash; among other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-democratic-vendors-still-doing-business-with-lincoln-project-after-sex-scandal\/\" title=\"Key Democratic Vendors Still Doing Business with Lincoln Project After Sex Scandal\">wealthy left-wing donors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/22\/us\/elections\/bill-gates-future-forward-kamala-harris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">made<\/a> a staggering $50 million Harris donation, is another Tides Foundation backer. <\/p>\n<p>The Tides Foundation sends checks to an anti-Israel environmental group called Sunrise, the political arm of which spent tens of thousands of dollars this election cycle backing Bowman and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3067821\/house-democratic-leaders-endorse-cori-bush-after-bowman-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bush<\/a> also lost her primary.<\/p>\n<p>The ousters of Bowman and Bush were in large part thanks to spending from AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Come January, Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman are going to be scanning the Help Wanted pages,&rdquo; said Jon Reinish, a veteran Democratic strategist who was also involved in successful efforts to oust the anti-Israel lawmakers. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s because their own voters, across many demographic groups, finally got tired of their unhinged radicalism, and by massive margins handed two of the Democratic Party&rsquo;s most clownish and unserious members pink slips.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To Reinish, the &ldquo;Squad&rdquo; ousters show that organizations funding anti-Israel lawmakers &ldquo;are finding themselves increasingly marginalized&rdquo; in the Democratic Party &mdash; and rightfully so.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Pandol, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, sees things differently. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Actions speak louder than words: House Democratic leadership endorsed and campaigned for these antisemitic radicals, and the House Democratic caucus has repeatedly resisted denouncing their antisemitic vitriol,&rdquo; Pandol told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The Democratic base is the anti-Israel base. Taking credit for right-leaning groups taking out Democrats&rsquo;s trash doesn&rsquo;t pass the smell test.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&lsquo;Both sides of their mouth&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), from left, speaks alongside Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), and other lawmakers during a vigil with state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo\/Nathan Howard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another PAC that has raised and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this election cycle boosting Democrats is Emgage, an anti-Israel group promoting the BDS movement, federal records show. <\/p>\n<p>Emgage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3142538\/anti-israel-group-soros-biden-white-house-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">whose staffers have visited the White House<\/a> under President Joe Biden at least 60 times since 2021, has received funding on its nonprofit side from the Tides Foundation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1007344\/top-left-wing-foundations-bankroll-activists-behind-anti-israel-campaign-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ford Foundation<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2579782\/liberal-ford-foundation-to-stop-funding-palestinian-terror-tied-group-years-of-warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">major Democratic-aligned<\/a> grantmaker <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=\"\">that helped shape policies<\/a> in the Biden-Harris administration. <\/p>\n<p>Emgage has also received funding from the philanthropy of Soros, whose Fund for Policy Reform has, since 2020, shuffled $165 million to Soros&rsquo;s Democracy PAC, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=fund%20for%20policy%20reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to<\/a> filings. <\/p>\n<p>Democracy PAC, in turn, sent $10 million to Future Forward, a super PAC working to get Harris elected. <\/p>\n<p>Future Forward&rsquo;s largest funders include the likes of Bloomberg, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and Moskovitz, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>One of Future Forward&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/individual-contributions\/?committee_id=C00669259&amp;contributor_name=eric+schmidt&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">donors<\/a>, to the tune of $1.6 million in June, was former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. His private foundation, along with other left-wing grantmakers, previously funded Alliance for Global Justice, a charity <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=\"\">revealed<\/a> through a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> investigation to share ties to Palestinian terrorism. Alliance for Global Justice has long housed a project called the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3189782\/treasury-sanctions-palestinian-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Treasury Department sanctioned<\/a> earlier this month for being a &ldquo;sham charity&rdquo; fundraising for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The PFLP is a U.S.-designated terrorist faction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Lafayette Park across from the White House to mark the approaching one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris and the Democrats are talking out of both sides of their mouth on an issue of critical concern to the American Jewish community,&rdquo; said Markstein, the Republican Jewish Coalition spokesman. <\/p>\n<p>Markstein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/harris-campaign-says-she-did-not-agree-with-protester-accusing-israel-of-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pointed<\/a> to Harris&rsquo;s recent walked-back agreement with the anti-Israel protester at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on the idea that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>To Markstein, a strong example of an active election spender that is left-wing and anti-Israel is J Street. <\/p>\n<p>The organization has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/welcome-bibi-blinken-to-headline-anti-israel-j-street-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">come<\/a> under fire over the years from pro-Israel activists for sympathizing with pro-Palestinian protesters and being a staunch <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/fear-and-loathing-on-j-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">critic<\/a> of the Israeli government. The Republican Jewish Coalition and others in the Jewish community previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rjchq.org\/abbas_hug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">took<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/indepth\/opinions\/j-street-leader-and-abbas-kiss-and-tell\/2020\/02\/18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aim<\/a> in 2020 at J Street&rsquo;s leader, Jeremy Ben-Ami, for embracing Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.<\/p>\n<p>J Street has dropped almost $13 million this election cycle, including large transfers to Harris Victory Fund, federal records show. The group&rsquo;s independent expenditure arm counts its largest single donor as Democracy PAC, the Soros-backed group, which cut J Street a million-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00815753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">check<\/a> in 2022. Tax forms show that Soros&rsquo;s Open Society Policy Center routed $600,000 in 2022 to J Street, which also raked in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/510198509\/202333189349300213\/IRS990ScheduleI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">grants<\/a> from the Tides Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Days before the Oct. 7 attacks, J Street announced it was <a href=\"https:\/\/jstreet.org\/press-releases\/j-street-welcomes-new-board-members-incoming-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">welcoming<\/a> a new board member, Jon Greenwald, a Biden-Harris commission <a href=\"https:\/\/ifit-transitions.org\/experts\/john-greenwald\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appointee<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jon-greenwald-21195415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">helped<\/a> lead a think tank called International Crisis Group. That think tank, as the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reported, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2965899\/iranian-influence-network-biden-white-house-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">revealed to be connected<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/02\/02\/2024\/how-iran-used-its-ties-to-a-top-global-ngo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">an<\/a> Iranian government-controlled influence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/09\/25\/2023\/inside-irans-influence-operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">network<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greenwald&rsquo;s fortune has helped boost J Street this election cycle &mdash; to the tune of more than a million dollars in gifts. However, federal records show that the money wasn&rsquo;t technically set aside for the group.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it was earmarked for someone else: the Harris campaign. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.influencewatch.org%2Fnon-profit%2Ffiredoll-foundation%2F\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/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>Billionaires back anti-Israel activists supporting Democrats this election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2359358,"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\/10\/Harris-MI.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5845,4121,3685,42967,32076],"class_list":["post-2359357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-israel","tag-billionaires","tag-democrats","tag-political-finance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Harris-MI.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359357","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=2359357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}