Netanyahu aide predicts wave of money in future Israeli elections (2/3rds ads were foreign funded!)

The Hill ^ | March 29, 2015, 09:30 am | Jesse Byrnes

[Dave346]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign manager is predicting a wave of outside spending in future Israeli elections.

"I think in every election campaign from this point onward, you'll see external groups slugging the market. It'll be very interesting," Netanyahu's top strategist, Aron Shaviv, told The Hill.

"This precedent, I think that we're about to see in Israeli elections, is the same effect that Citizens United vs. FEC had in the United States," Shaviv said, referring to the controversial Supreme Court ruling that allowed nonprofit groups to make unlimited independent political expenditures.

In light of the precedent, Shaviv is considering leading a right-wing political action committee in the next election.

During the campaign, Netanyahu allies decried the influence of foreigners, a group that saw a higher profile this year, arguing they found a loophole by not directly supporting a candidate but merely opposing the Israeli leader.

"The campaign slogan was 'Anyone but Bibi,' " Shaviv said. "Of course it was personal."

Shaviv, who is based in Israel but consults in other mostly European countries, said foreign groups took advantage of independent expenditures this cycle, estimating they outspent political parties in Israel at least 2-to-1 on advertising.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

"The campaign slogan was 'Anyone but Bibi,' " Shaviv said. "Of course it was personal."

Hey! Nobody has walked back this statement.

[G Larry]

Israel could outlaw foreign campaign contributions.

[hlmencken3]

These aren’t campaign contributions. They are contributions to “educational” or “service” organizations.

[tcrlaf]

This “OneVoice Movement” and it’s subsidiaries are just another example of the nefarious Soros “Open Society” Network orgs. at work.

Victory15 = OneVoice Movement = PeaceWorks Foundation = SOROS OPEN SOCIETY

The founder of OneVoice was Gary Gladstein, who used to be the chief operations officer of Soros Fund Management.

ALL of these groups have gotten some pretty big US taxpayer-funded “Grants” (Bribery) since Obama took over.

Just another of the many examples of Liberals/Radicals using American taxpayer money to elect Democrats, and work against america’s Interests.

[Truth29]

If Israel and potential Arab allies don’t eliminate the Iranian/Obama threat real soon, it isn’t going to matter. Obama is now full ahead in his drive to spread Islamic terrorism and destroy Israel.

[Stepan12]

Any nuclear destruction of Iran by Saudi Arabia and/or Israel will have to blamed and the proper place and that is Obama. Obama is caving into Iran at every point as an Iranian negotiator turned defector in Lussane, Switzerland pointed out. Obama is provoking Israel and/or Saudi Arabia into doint something really ghastly. If Iran is turned into glass, the Shia caliphate cannot really threaten the Sunnis or members of my tribe.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Dave346.