State Department sent taxpayer money to group that attempted to oust Israel's Netanyahu
The U.S. State Department sent nearly $350,000 to an advocacy group that worked to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a Senate report released Tuesday.
- Gabi Tzav
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The OneVoice Movement, a group that supported peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian factions, received grants from the State Department during a 14-month period ending in November 2014, according to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report.
OneVoice used the campaign infrastructure and resources built, in part, with State Department grants funds to support V15 [a left-wing electoral activist effort]. In service of V15, OneVoice deployed its social media platform, which more than doubled during the State Department grant period; used its database of voter contact information, including email addresses, which OVI expanded during the grant period; and enlisted its network of trained activists, many of whom were recruited or trained under the grant, to support and recruit for V15.
Chairman of the committee, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, claims that means that U.S. money was involved in foreign politics.
"The United States should not be engaged in that kind of activity with taxpayer dollars," he said. "What it did probably was to make it even more difficult to come together after the election and continue to build on the relationship between Israel and the United States.
OneVoice used the campaign infrastructure and resources built, in part, with State Department grants funds to support V15 [a left-wing electoral activist effort]. In service of V15, OneVoice deployed its social media platform, which more than doubled during the State Department grant period; used its database of voter contact information, including email addresses, which OVI expanded during the grant period; and enlisted its network of trained activists, many of whom were recruited or trained under the grant, to support and recruit for V15.
Chairman of the committee, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, claims that means that U.S. money was involved in foreign politics.
"The United States should not be engaged in that kind of activity with taxpayer dollars," he said. "What it did probably was to make it even more difficult to come together after the election and continue to build on the relationship between Israel and the United States.
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