Posted on 01/29/2015 5:26:27 PM PST by Nachum
“Has President Obama launched a political campaign against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his representatives?” Sen. Cruz asked. “This administration’s relentless harassment of Israel is utterly incomprehensible. The Islamic Republic of Iran is pursuing the deadliest weapons on the planet, and there can be no doubt that their first target will be Israel, followed by the United States. This administration should be focusing its animosity on the very real enemies we face, not on our staunch allies.”
“It is completely unacceptable to use U.S. tax dollars to influence the elections in Israel,” said Rep. Zeldin. “State Department grants should never be given to entities working to overthrow strong allies like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We have great allies around the world, but Israel is our strongest, and a beacon of freedom in a region filled with radical Islamic extremists and state sponsored terrorism. Today, I join with Sen. Ted Cruz in calling for a U.S. Department of State investigation into this important matter.”
As specified in the letter, a recent article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that a U.S. taxpayer-funded non-profit organization called OneVoice is actively working with a campaign operation called Victory 2015 (V15) in an effort to influence the upcoming elections in Israel on March 17, 2015.
As a result, Sen. Cruz and Rep. Zeldin request answers to the following eight questions:
- How much funding has the U.S. Government provided to OneVoice, PeaceWorks Network Foundation, and any connected initiatives, projects or subsidiaries?
- Who approved providing such funds?
- What is the oversight and accounting process for how these funds are being spent?
- How often and on what dates has such funding been provided?
- What were the specific reasons and terms for providing funds, and how are these funds specifically being spent?
- Can the Department of State guarantee that none of these funds have been or will be used in the endeavor detailed above, namely the partnership with V15, or any similar effort to exert undue influence over the Israeli political process?
- Was there any knowledge from the State Department or other U.S. government officials of the partnership with V15 prior to providing funds to OneVoice?
- Does OneVoice’s work with V15 violate its 501(c)(3) status (or the status of the PeaceWorks Network Foundation) as a tax-exempt organization and should such status be revoked?
In the letter, Cruz and Zeldin write, “Of course private American citizens are free to engage in political activities according to their inclinations, but given the overtly partisan nature of this particular case, we are deeply concerned by the relationship that also exists between OneVoice and the U.S. Department of State.”
Full text of the letter is ... available at http://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20150129_Letter_to_Secretary_Kerry.pdf .
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You better believe he has.Obama is a small,petty man.
God bless you with a long life, Sen. Cruz. You could point out at least 10 examples of Obama’s corruption every day for the last two years of his term, and you wouldn’t have to repeat yourself. We appreciate one courageous voice in D.C. and applaud those who are emboldened by your example to join you.
Impossible. The president himself has said that would be an egregious breach of protocol.
0bama is still running a campaign against most of America.
Cruz on the attack!
We haven’t seen the likes of Cruz since the gipper...
The disgusting sack of excrement in the WH told everyone that he could not meet with Netanyahu when he came here to speak to the House because he did not want to be seen as influencing the up coming Israel election, then the SOB takes U.S. taxpayer dollars and secretly funds a campaign in Israel to undercut Netanyahu.
IMPEACH OBAMA NOW. WE HAVE A MILE-LONG LIST OF treasonous, impeachable offenses!
When the President said he did not want to intervene in Israeli elections, that was a tell, as they say in the world of poker. He was bluffing. And my guess is Bibi will go all in and call his bluff.
Remember when Obama issued that ludicrous statement. Do not call my bluff. Made no sense at all at the time. But now we know why he stated that. He is always bluffing. Always lying. So you have to assume everything is a bluff. Obama sure does and no one knows Obama better then Obama.
President “manure eater” Clinton did the same thing sending the morally leprous Gollum lookalike Carville to Israel to block conservatives there. I don’t think the Israelis will buy this crap
Go, Bibi. You have to make through it.
Wouldn’t meddling in foreign elections be a violation of the Logan Act or some other law?
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