Posted on 02/06/2015 5:19:51 AM PST by SJackson
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Some people would say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu must be doing something right.
The controversy over his March 3 address on Iran to Congress, along with the U.S. State Department's complicity in a leftist campaign to unseat him, makes it clear he angers a lot of people.
What's behind the anger and the well-funded efforts to unseat him?
In an op-ed published Tuesday by Arutz Sheva, Ronn Torossian, CEO of one of America's leading public relations firms, documents the history of OneVoice, an organization in the forefront of the anti-Netanyahu campaign.
According to Israeli media, OneVoice/V15 has set up headquarters in Tel Aviv, with a Jerusalem branch in the works.
"Americans who support Israel deserve to know whether their president is actively working to remove him from office," Torossian quoted Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. "And, even more troubling, is whether U.S. tax dollars are being used to fund the campaign."
According to the report, OneVoice, also known as PeaceWorks Network Foundation (PWNF), paid $96,000 in 2011 to Howard Sumka, who served as West Bank and Gaza Mission director for U.S. Aid and oversaw a $1 million in U.S. funding to a Hamas-run university in Gaza.
OneVoice also contributes to the American Task Force on Palestine, a pro-Palestinian group that calls for "an end to the Israeli occupation and the evacuation of all Israeli settlements," as well as "a just solution for the Palestinian refugee problem in accordance with international legality and the relevant U.N. resolutions."
That certainly clarifies things a bit.
A long list of organizations funding OneVoice includes such giants as The Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc., and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, which, Torossian says "have long funded dangerous and anti-Israel organizations, including the New Israel Fund."
OneVoice is planning to send hundreds of people door-to-door throughout Israel to convince people not to vote for Netanyahu's Likud Party, Torossian explains. Funding this all-out effort to unseat him are funneled through the organization's headquarters on West 38th Street in Manhattan, which the author calls "a hodge-podge of left-wing extremists, the State Department and Palestinian Americans."
Torossian says he's not surprised that "Obama's consultants are working for the liberals in Israel and interfering in a sovereign country's elections."
Netanyahu, he concludes, is "facing an army of opponents whose interests are much different than those concerned with the prosperity and security of the Jewish state."
Meanwhile, while a number of leading Democrats, including Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, are threatening to boycott Netanyahu's address to Congress, others are speaking out about the illegality of foreign funding of Israeli elections.
Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., and Sen. Cruz are both sounding the alarm.
Zeldin asked Fox News' "The Kelly File" on Monday, "Why are U.S. tax dollars being sent to a nonprofit trying to overthrow an Israeli government?" Israel Hayom's Matti Tuchfeld reported. "One Voice, which is a U.S.-taxpayer-funded 501(C)(3) not-for-profit, has partnered with V15 in the effort to oust Netanyahu."
On its website, OneVoice openly states it has "partnered" with the State Department, recently receiving two State Department grants to ensure Netanyahu does not get reelected. It has also signed a contract with 270 Strategies, a political consulting firm that worked for Obama in both elections.
What is it about Netanyahu that fosters such unmitigated opposition? Is it possible that standing strong for Israel unleashes deep animosity in those who may harbor, even unknowingly, latent anti-Semitism?
There is a price to pay for standing for Israel. Bibi Netanyahu knows it well.
Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood
Who’s Behind Efforts to Unseat Netanyahu?
Duh! That’s too easy.
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ummm.... someone who hates the bottle deposit law?
If we, (our leaders in the USA) become responsible for electing leaders in Israel that will then willingly divide and surrender Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria to its enemies for some supposed ‘peace and security’ reasons,
This will be very bad for us, and I don’t think we’ll have to wait long to find out just how bad,
“Who’s Behind Efforts to Unseat Netanyahu?”.
Why does that question even need to be asked, it’s pretty obvious.
Bibi has made an enemy of Obama-ruled America, so he’s on the right track.
There’s a democrat in Israel working to unseat Bibi,
during Clinton’s administration, Carville had a group in Israel doing what the democrat is doing today. The democrats don’t care for Bibi. He’s too strong and believes in a strong Israel.
“...a correction added to a New York Times article that greatly changed the timeline of events that effected the situation.
Here’s the correction, added on Jan. 30, a day after the article was published:
Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accepted Speaker John A. Boehner’s invitation to address Congress. He accepted after the administration had been informed of the invitation, not before.
So the White House had actually already been informed that Netanyahu was invited to speak to Congress. The administration was in no way blindsided by the announcement, even though that is how they chose to frame it to the media.
The Times of Israel, which detailed the implications of the New York Times correction, explains that the White House said nothing until after Netanyahu accepted the invitation.”
Source: Conservative Treehouse and the Times of Israel.
” Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood”
That pretty much covers it.
You may have already seen this, but it turns out you were right all along:
‘Not Surprising – The Obama White House Manufactured The Netanyahu ‘Speech To Congress Controversy’…
Posted on February 6, 2015 by sundance
Essentially the crux of the back-story is that Netanyahu contacted the White House about the invitation to talk to congress, prior to accepting the invitation; the White House never contacted Netanyahu back.
Absent of the White House responding, and out of an abundance of caution to appearances, Netanyahu accepted the invitation. Then whammo, the White House claims President Obama was disparaged. It would appear the White House set up the narrative intentionally. ‘
Why is Israel even having elections, and why is Bibi even putting up with it? They have the leader they need, and this is no time to interfere or disrupt his leadership. Can’t Bibi invoke emergency powers and cancel the election until Israel’s own survival isn’t at stake?
It’s not like Iran is suddenly going to vote out the mullahs.
It’s a parliamentary system. Bibi called for the elections in hopes of gaining a stronger coalition. I suspect in anticipation of a nuclear Iran at some point in the near future. The US won’t stop them. If Israel has to, referendum makes sense. He may succeed, but there’s risk there. I don’t like parliamentary systems, but under one Obama would be gone.
Shhh. The truth conflicts with the White House version, can’t say that.
Yeah, and I think this activity by this corrupt evil reprobate Obama administration is going to have far reaching and damning consequences for all of us should they succeed in their ultimate goal: dividing Jerusalem.
Which their intent will one day succeed, I just don’t know when or how soon it comes, only that it will come,
And very bad things will follow after.
“Can’t Bibi invoke emergency powers and cancel the election until Israel’s own survival isn’t at stake?”
Israel’s security being at stake is business as usual.
I learned that when I was planning to visit to tour the Holy sites. I was glued to the news, hanging on every border incident, inflammatory statement and threat warning. When I asked my experienced friend if he thought that it would be safe at that time, he assured me that is always like that - don’t worry, just go.
We went, and it was well worth it. I’d recommend that everyone visit.
They have really good intel. If there is a real problem, they would know about it. For it to be bad enough to cancel an election, everyone would be mobilized and in the field with their units.
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