[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Two observations.

Grassley is an (R) not a (D).

Henry Ford (I think both I and II) were famously anti-semitic so this does not surprise me.

[jim35]

Question; is the Ford foundation affiliated with Ford Motor Company?

[harpu]

In the first sentence..."US Senator Charles Grassely (D) Iowa, Chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, thinks the question is a fair one.

The "D" must be a freudian slip by the writer. I do believe Grassely is SUPPOSED to be an "R".

[sergeantdave]

Back in 2001, the U.N. World Conference Against Racism featured participants carrying Nazi swastikas and icons, hawking anti-Jewish cartoons, engaging in vigorous hate speech and demonstrating the usual anti-American agitation.

Held in Durban, South Africa, Secretary of State Colin Powell pulled the American delegation from the conference midway through.

What wasn’t known was the amount of support given to participants at these UN hate-fests by that American icon - the Ford Foundation.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency uncovered data showing that the Ford Foundation gave millions of dollars to groups that engage in anti-Israel and anti-semitic activities both inside and outside the Middle East, many of whom were active at the racist fest.

Since the 1950s, the foundation’s Beirut and Cairo offices have awarded more than $193 million to more than 350 Middle East organizations, almost entirely Arab, Islamic or Palestinian.

[lewislynn]

Ford Funds the Palestinian Left

It's Ford Foundation money to do as threy please...Mr. Grassley is a hypocrite who should consider how he robs/extorts us taxpayers of our money to do the same.

[dennisw]

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