Follow the money. The funding behind these college protests is coming from Democrats' sources of money.
"The trail of donations shows a series of blurred lines when it comes to liberal causes and Democratic politics."
Antisemitic, pro-Hamas riots on college campuses
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"The trail of donations shows a series of blurred lines when it comes to liberal causes and Democratic politics."
The tatics used by the mostly peaceful protestors were the same ones used by Antifa and were managed by the same professional agitators. The left wing of the Democratic party is at work...
"The first hint that the protests are not entirely organic is their striking resemblance to previous rounds of organized far-left agitation, from the “uprising” of summer 2020 to the rolling antifa vs. Proud Boys brawls of 2016-17. The creation of “liberated” or “autonomous” zones on campus, for instance, is a hallmark of anarchist organizing familiar from Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and New York’s City Hall Autonomous Zone four summers ago. Familiar, too, is the governance of these zones, with masked security details prohibiting filming from outsiders and directing reporters to trained media representatives. During clashes with police or with counterprotesters, students and their allies have deployed classic “bloc” tactics, covering their faces and dressing in matching outfits to promote anonymity, linking arms to interfere with police attempts to conduct arrests, and attempting “de-arrests”—i.e., the coordinated swarming of police officers—to rescue apprehended comrades. At Yale, student activists doxxed the police officers sent to clear them out of the encampment—another harassment tactic frequently deployed by antifa....
These resemblances are no accident. All of these tactics require a degree of instruction and training. Footage from Columbia showed the professional “protest consultant” Lisa Fithian, a veteran of Occupy, BLM, Standing Rock, and Stop Cop City, teaching students at Columbia how to barricade themselves into Hamilton Hall. Recent video from inside the protest encampment at UCLA, meanwhile, showed masked men leading a hand-to-hand combat training. When police cleared out encampments at the University of Texas-Austin and Columbia and the City University of New York last week, roughly half of those arrested—45 of the 79 in Texas, 134 of the 282 in New York—had no connection with the university at which they were arrested. Some, like the 40-year-old anarchist heir James Carlson, arrested at Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, had protest related rap sheets going back two decades.
"The first hint that the protests are not entirely organic is their striking resemblance to previous rounds of organized far-left agitation, from the “uprising” of summer 2020 to the rolling antifa vs. Proud Boys brawls of 2016-17. The creation of “liberated” or “autonomous” zones on campus, for instance, is a hallmark of anarchist organizing familiar from Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and New York’s City Hall Autonomous Zone four summers ago. Familiar, too, is the governance of these zones, with masked security details prohibiting filming from outsiders and directing reporters to trained media representatives. During clashes with police or with counterprotesters, students and their allies have deployed classic “bloc” tactics, covering their faces and dressing in matching outfits to promote anonymity, linking arms to interfere with police attempts to conduct arrests, and attempting “de-arrests”—i.e., the coordinated swarming of police officers—to rescue apprehended comrades. At Yale, student activists doxxed the police officers sent to clear them out of the encampment—another harassment tactic frequently deployed by antifa....
These resemblances are no accident. All of these tactics require a degree of instruction and training. Footage from Columbia showed the professional “protest consultant” Lisa Fithian, a veteran of Occupy, BLM, Standing Rock, and Stop Cop City, teaching students at Columbia how to barricade themselves into Hamilton Hall. Recent video from inside the protest encampment at UCLA, meanwhile, showed masked men leading a hand-to-hand combat training. When police cleared out encampments at the University of Texas-Austin and Columbia and the City University of New York last week, roughly half of those arrested—45 of the 79 in Texas, 134 of the 282 in New York—had no connection with the university at which they were arrested. Some, like the 40-year-old anarchist heir James Carlson, arrested at Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, had protest related rap sheets going back two decades.
Again, follow the money. For example, the Pritzker family, the extremely wealthy owners of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, are behind much of the funding of the groups supporting these protests.
" the Pritzkers founded the Libra Foundation, a group that funds smaller, more narrow nonprofits, many of which have been active in the anti-Israel protests.
"One such group, the report said, is The Climate Justice Alliance, which has taken part in marches and used the term "Genocide Joe" to criticize President Biden and his approach to Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
"Another is Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, which, according to Politico, has promoted anti-Israel demonstrations, and another is the Immigrant Defense Project, which participated in a protest in Washington, D.C., earlier this year that ended in a number of arrests."
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" the Pritzkers founded the Libra Foundation, a group that funds smaller, more narrow nonprofits, many of which have been active in the anti-Israel protests.
"One such group, the report said, is The Climate Justice Alliance, which has taken part in marches and used the term "Genocide Joe" to criticize President Biden and his approach to Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
"Another is Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, which, according to Politico, has promoted anti-Israel demonstrations, and another is the Immigrant Defense Project, which participated in a protest in Washington, D.C., earlier this year that ended in a number of arrests."
Billionaire family bankrolling both anti-Israel groups and these battleground Democrats
Multiple vulnerable House Democrats running for re-election have accepted funds from the Pritzker family, which has bankrolled organizations participating in anti-Jewish protests.
Fellow Arab nations such as Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Qutar. etc. refuse to allow Palestinians refugees considering them radicalized and destabilizing. These are the folks that know them best, not a bunch of college kids, most of whom would be hard pressed to locate "Palestine" on a map. (Never been a country just a province in the old Ottoman Empire or a British protectorate after WWI.)
The protests are mind boggling. You could scarcely come up with a more loathsome group to champion other than Hamas.
The protests are mind boggling. You could scarcely come up with a more loathsome group to champion other than Hamas.
The evidence certainly indicates that a foreign government, probably Iran, is behind these protests.
"A call for "unity intifada" at colleges across the country and mobilizing its network of pro-Palestinian agitators for a "national day of resistance" that would "normalize" terrorism against Israel...
"The National Students for Justice in Palestine’s (NSJP) campus playbook suggests the anti-Israel umbrella group anticipated a conflict in the Middle East and was prepared to unleash its army of adherents on college campuses across America."
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"A call for "unity intifada" at colleges across the country and mobilizing its network of pro-Palestinian agitators for a "national day of resistance" that would "normalize" terrorism against Israel...
"The National Students for Justice in Palestine’s (NSJP) campus playbook suggests the anti-Israel umbrella group anticipated a conflict in the Middle East and was prepared to unleash its army of adherents on college campuses across America."
Inside the Campus Playbook to Build a Nationwide ‘Unity Intifada’ in Support of Hamas
Just a day after Hamas’s Oct. 7 rampage through Israel, the nation’s largest anti-Israel campus group snapped into action, issuing a call for "unity intifada" at colleges across the country and mobilizing its network of pro-Palestinian agitators for a "national day of resistance" that would...
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This is a very good analysis Hamas' goal- to survive the Israeli onslaught to emerge with greater power to ultimately destroy Israel. This is why Hamas cannot be allowed to remain in Gaza.
"The peril lies in the fact that both Hamas and Hezbollah truly believe that Israel’s destruction is inevitable, and that October 7 is simply the beginning of an irreversible process that will ultimately achieve just that. Anyone who truly supports the idea of securing a durable settlement to this conflict must oppose including Hamas in Palestinian governance for the simple reason that Hamas’s fundamental goals are incompatible with peace."
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"The peril lies in the fact that both Hamas and Hezbollah truly believe that Israel’s destruction is inevitable, and that October 7 is simply the beginning of an irreversible process that will ultimately achieve just that. Anyone who truly supports the idea of securing a durable settlement to this conflict must oppose including Hamas in Palestinian governance for the simple reason that Hamas’s fundamental goals are incompatible with peace."
What Hamas Wants in Postwar Gaza
The power to fight without the burden of governing.
This begs the quesion. How does one remove a terrorist organization (Hamas) supported and funded by Iran, when Hamas uses its people as human shields?
One forgets, the fight against Hamas is a fight against Iran.
How does Israel remove Hamas without force?
nobody has said no force, but rather be more surgical in the use of force
How does a country do that when Hamas has hostages and is using human shields? Hamas has a huge underground network of tunnels and supplies,
the first thing you do is not move all remaining civilians into an area you have not cleared of Hamas troops.
Your assertion assumes Israel had control of the civilians. In fact the opposite is more likely true- Hamas moved the civilians into areas so Hamas could hide behind human shields.
Not only is Biden withholding arms, he is withholding vital intelligence from the Israelis. Biden is screwing everything up again.
"It's quite clear that the Biden administration is protecting Hamas, is actively withholding information that could bring this war to an end, and is now using vital intelligence as leverage to prevent Israel from conducting an operation Biden doesn't want them to conduct....
"Any intelligence that can help pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders or uncover their terror tunnels should have been promptly shared with Israel. Holding back such critical information is unacceptable, puts Israeli lives at risk, and prolongs the war. Why wasn't this information immediately shared with Israel when it was first uncovered? Why would Joe Biden protect Hamas terrorists at the expense of our ally, Israel?"
"It's quite clear that the Biden administration is protecting Hamas, is actively withholding information that could bring this war to an end, and is now using vital intelligence as leverage to prevent Israel from conducting an operation Biden doesn't want them to conduct....
"Any intelligence that can help pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders or uncover their terror tunnels should have been promptly shared with Israel. Holding back such critical information is unacceptable, puts Israeli lives at risk, and prolongs the war. Why wasn't this information immediately shared with Israel when it was first uncovered? Why would Joe Biden protect Hamas terrorists at the expense of our ally, Israel?"
I guess your solution is to just indiscriminately kill everyone in Gaza, regardless of whether they may or may not be Hamas, until everyone there is dead?
Israel's current effort is reasonable to eradicate Hamas. It is designed to eliminate Hamas and its leaders.
In fact, the leader of Hamas' attack on Israel, Yehiya Sinwar, is surrounded by civilians, who are human shields.
Why don't we share the locations of Sinwar?
According to the Washington Post...
"The Israeli military is confident that Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar, the alleged architect of the Oct. 7 attacks, is hiding inside a labyrinthine network of tunnels beneath southern Gaza. But he is surrounded by a human shield of hostages intended to deter an operation to capture or kill him, frustrating Israel’s efforts to dismantle the terrorist organization and bring the more than four-month-long war to a close. . . .
"I want to remind you of President Biden’s words on October 7, 2023:
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Why don't we share the locations of Sinwar?
According to the Washington Post...
"The Israeli military is confident that Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar, the alleged architect of the Oct. 7 attacks, is hiding inside a labyrinthine network of tunnels beneath southern Gaza. But he is surrounded by a human shield of hostages intended to deter an operation to capture or kill him, frustrating Israel’s efforts to dismantle the terrorist organization and bring the more than four-month-long war to a close. . . .
"I want to remind you of President Biden’s words on October 7, 2023:
"Since then, Biden has broken every word of that pledge."
Why Are We Withholding Sensitive Intelligence about Hamas from the Israelis? | National Review
Whose side are we on? Because right now, it really looks like we’re acting like Hamas’s defense attorney, trying to get it the best deal possible.
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From among those who have known him up close and personal:
President Obama on his 8 year VP - "Don't underestimate Joe's ability To F up anything."
Defense Secretary under both Bush and Obama, Robert Gates - "Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the last four decades." (said years ago)
Let that sink in.
Domestically, shattered a largely contained illegal immigration problem that had persisted for decades and took inflation from 1.8% to the highest in 40 years. Much more....
Four decades on foreign policy has been extended:
See disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
See relaxing Iranian sanctions thereby enriching them by billions to fight American interests.
See "all in" on Ukraine at war's onset. See slow walking critical weaponry needed to achieve stated objectives thereafter.
See trying to split the baby by simultaneously given support to Israeli and Hamas interests. Political considerations apparently playing too much an influence in relative support levels.
Any Republican other than Trump would win in a landslide. Months is an eternity in politics, but even as flawed an individual as Trump looks likely to beat him.
Neither party has a champion of which to be proud.
President Obama on his 8 year VP - "Don't underestimate Joe's ability To F up anything."
Defense Secretary under both Bush and Obama, Robert Gates - "Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the last four decades." (said years ago)
Let that sink in.
Domestically, shattered a largely contained illegal immigration problem that had persisted for decades and took inflation from 1.8% to the highest in 40 years. Much more....
Four decades on foreign policy has been extended:
See disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
See relaxing Iranian sanctions thereby enriching them by billions to fight American interests.
See "all in" on Ukraine at war's onset. See slow walking critical weaponry needed to achieve stated objectives thereafter.
See trying to split the baby by simultaneously given support to Israeli and Hamas interests. Political considerations apparently playing too much an influence in relative support levels.
Any Republican other than Trump would win in a landslide. Months is an eternity in politics, but even as flawed an individual as Trump looks likely to beat him.
Neither party has a champion of which to be proud.
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Here is a very good summary of the money behind these protests. It is quite stunning and scary. Certainly these people could do more good with their money than this. They are tearing this country apart. Anti-semitism must play a part.
The protests certainly give an appearance of being well-organized and equally well funded. For example, large numbers of identical newly-ordered tents seem to spring up on almost no notice. Did hundreds of young people on shoestring budgets just happen on their own initiative to place orders from the same website at the same time and all pay with their own money? That seems implausible. But if there is professional organization, who are the organizers? And who is paying them?
Shia Kapos piece in Politico:
Some of the groups behind the [anti-Israel] demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for [President Biden’s] reelection. The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros
Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire — and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.
For those unfamiliar with the Pritzker family tree, Nick is a cousin of both Jay Pritzker (Governor of Illinois) and Penny Pritzker (former Obama-era Commerce Secretary and current Board Chair of Harvard, the person most responsible for promoting Claudine Gay to President of that institution).
MacDougald’s piece at Tablet:
According to reporting in the New York Post, the Columbia encampment was principally organized by three groups: Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
JVP and its affiliated political action arm, JVP Action, have received at least $650,000 from various branches of George Soros’
National SJP is legally a “fiscal sponsorship” of another nonprofit: a White Plains, New York, 501(c)(3) called the WESPAC Foundation and the Eutopia Foundation funded by to be the project of Albert Wenger, a German American computer scientist
WOL’s role appears to be that of shock troops, akin to the role played by black block militants on the anarchist side of the ledger. ... supported by ...
Soros’ Open Society Foundations... the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Ford Foundation, and the Tides Foundation.
www.manhattancontrarian.com
The protests certainly give an appearance of being well-organized and equally well funded. For example, large numbers of identical newly-ordered tents seem to spring up on almost no notice. Did hundreds of young people on shoestring budgets just happen on their own initiative to place orders from the same website at the same time and all pay with their own money? That seems implausible. But if there is professional organization, who are the organizers? And who is paying them?
Shia Kapos piece in Politico:
Some of the groups behind the [anti-Israel] demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for [President Biden’s] reelection. The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros
Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire — and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.
For those unfamiliar with the Pritzker family tree, Nick is a cousin of both Jay Pritzker (Governor of Illinois) and Penny Pritzker (former Obama-era Commerce Secretary and current Board Chair of Harvard, the person most responsible for promoting Claudine Gay to President of that institution).
MacDougald’s piece at Tablet:
According to reporting in the New York Post, the Columbia encampment was principally organized by three groups: Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
JVP and its affiliated political action arm, JVP Action, have received at least $650,000 from various branches of George Soros’
National SJP is legally a “fiscal sponsorship” of another nonprofit: a White Plains, New York, 501(c)(3) called the WESPAC Foundation and the Eutopia Foundation funded by to be the project of Albert Wenger, a German American computer scientist
WOL’s role appears to be that of shock troops, akin to the role played by black block militants on the anarchist side of the ledger. ... supported by ...
Soros’ Open Society Foundations... the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Ford Foundation, and the Tides Foundation.
The Campus Kill-The-Jews Riots: Paid Professional Agitators Funded By Democratic Party Big Wigs, Or Well-Meaning Kids? — Manhattan Contrarian
Several days ago, after the New York police broke up the kill-the-Jews occupations at Columbia, NYU and other universities, it emerged that close to half of the arrestees were not students or otherwise affiliated with the schools in question. At a news conference on April 30 , Mayor Eric Adams
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By following the money, it is clear Democrats are receiving funds from the same groups as the campus protesters. Nice. It is no wonder antisemitism is rampant in the left.
A RealClearPolitics analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows one possible reason most Democrats are trying to avoid the campus fray: House Democrats’ reelection campaigns have accepted $6.5 million from three major political families, which have helped bankroll several student groups participating in the protests. The family members cut most of those checks over the last two years, although some of the donations to longstanding House members came over the last decade. ...
The names are well-known among Democratic funding circles: Soros, Rockefeller, and Pritzker. Yet before the anti-Jewish protests swept college campuses over the last few months, their financial ties to the student groups were not widely known. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a member of the same wealthy Pritzker family, is not among the donors.
The donors to student groups include George Soros, a billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor who helms the Open Society Foundation and his family members; the Pritzkers, the owners of Hyatt Hotels Corporation; and members of the famed Rockefeller family, including relatives of the wealthy American Banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller. The donations have either gone directly to student groups involved in campus demonstrations or to umbrella foundations and organizations, which have, in turn, channeled the funds to the protestors.
A RealClearPolitics analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows one possible reason most Democrats are trying to avoid the campus fray: House Democrats’ reelection campaigns have accepted $6.5 million from three major political families, which have helped bankroll several student groups participating in the protests. The family members cut most of those checks over the last two years, although some of the donations to longstanding House members came over the last decade. ...
The names are well-known among Democratic funding circles: Soros, Rockefeller, and Pritzker. Yet before the anti-Jewish protests swept college campuses over the last few months, their financial ties to the student groups were not widely known. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a member of the same wealthy Pritzker family, is not among the donors.
The donors to student groups include George Soros, a billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor who helms the Open Society Foundation and his family members; the Pritzkers, the owners of Hyatt Hotels Corporation; and members of the famed Rockefeller family, including relatives of the wealthy American Banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller. The donations have either gone directly to student groups involved in campus demonstrations or to umbrella foundations and organizations, which have, in turn, channeled the funds to the protestors.
