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Israeli gov't official puts Biden administration on hot seat for alleged mass protest funding
13 March 2023 11:13
A senior government official travelling in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage on his weekend trip to Italy claimed on March 10 without offering evidence that the mass protests against the government’s controversial judicial overhaul were partially funded by the Biden administration.
“This protest is financed and organized with millions of dollars,” he said, per The Times of Israel.
“We are following what is happening. This is a very high-level organization. There is an organized centre from which all the demonstrators branch out in an orderly manner,” the senior official said.
“Who finances the transportation, the flags, the stages? It’s clear to us,” he said.
Another member of the premier’s entourage confirmed that the senior official was referring to the United States.
A similar claim was made last week by pro-Netanyahu pundit Yakov Bardugo on Channel 14 news, an outlet closely allied with the premier.
And on March 11 evening, Netanyahu’s son Yair shared an article about a report in the far-right Washington Free Beacon revealing that the State Department provides grant money to the Movement for Quality Government, an organization that has been leading the protests against the judicial overhaul.
However, that funding began during the Trump administration, and the State Department said it goes specifically toward democracy training programs in Israeli schools.
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