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The protests at American universities did not happen organically. Two big names are funding the protesters.
The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights offers stipends to campus-based fellows who could aid campaigns demanding the U.S. cut ties with Israel. These fellows are paid stipends for a three-month term of part-time work that can include protesting U.S. relations with Israel.
Although some have speculated that these paid protesters receive funding from overseas, U.S. billionaires are bankrolling them. The funding for these fellowships comes from the Education for Just Peace in the Middle East, which has received $700,000 from George and Alexander Soros’ Open Society Foundation since 2018, and $515,000 from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund since 2019.
This matters. Congress and the IRS might want to examine whether these grants fit the charitable purposes defined in our tax code.
On Headline Prayer Live on Tuesday, April 23, the first segment addresses these protests and protesters. Click here to watch.
Writing for WORLD magazine, Erick Erickson asks another important question: Why is President Biden so quiet about the hateful riots at Columbia, Humboldt State, and other places? He also details the murderous spirit at work: “Over the weekend, a white protester with her face covered stood with her back to a group of Jewish students at Columbia with a sign calling for Al-Qasam, Hamas’s military wing, to execute the students behind her. The sign, with an arrow pointing in the direction of the Jewish students, read, ‘Al-Qasam’s Next Target.’ The Jewish students were waving Israeli and American flags. The anti-Semitic students on campuses across America have been burning both the Israeli and American flags.”
On Monday, Biden offered a very qualified statement: “I condemn the anti-Semitic protests. I also condemn those who don’t understand what is going on with the Palestinians.” Erickson writes: “After the Michigan Democratic primary, Biden began shifting his positions on Israel to placate anti-Semites, many of whom voted ‘uncommitted’ instead of for Biden. To publicly denounce the racism and anti-Semitism now sweeping the left would elevate Biden’s stature but risk his re-election. He has chosen to be led by the polling of anti-Semites rather than lead America against them.”
Let’s pray that the president of the United States would stand up boldly for truth and for the Jewish people, and against the murderous threats of violence against Jews, Americans, and Israel. Amen.
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