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Anti-Israel protesters on college campuses are reportedly getting funding from several big-name Democrat donors that have backed President Biden’s re-election efforts, according to a report.
Democrat donors such as George Soros, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Susan and Nick Pritzker, who own the Hyatt Hotel corporation, have funded pro-Palestinian efforts to protest the Israel-Hamas war, Politico reported.
Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are the main organizations behind the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University as well as other campuses, according to the outlet. They are backed by the Tides Foundation, which receives a substantial amount of funding from Soros as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and distributes money to left-wing causes.
The Rockefeller Fund donated $300,000 to the Tides Foundation in 2022, according to Politico. The Tides Foundation has given $500,000 to Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left, anti-Zionist organization that blamed the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the U.S. rather than Hamas.
The Gates Foundation has disputed the Politico report. A spokesperson said the Gates Foundation has no active grants to the Tides Foundation and has never given grants to the Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow organizations. They also said the Gates Foundation has not donated to President Biden.