Michael Bloomberg has become infamous for funding political activism undermining the Bill of Rights in the United States, but interestingly enough he’s also funding anti-Israel campaigns inside Israel, as Ronn Torossian reveals.
Bloomberg donated to the New Israel Fund which is, despite its name, a virulently anti-Israel organization that feeds money to “Destroy Israel” type groups.
For example, Alma Biblash, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) an organization to which the NIF authorized grants worth $332,625 from 2011-2013, has called Israel “racist,” and “murderous,” and described the country as a “temporary Jewish apartheid state.” Ms. Biblash supports Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns and promotes the Palestinian ‘right of return,’ meaning the elimination of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people.
Another recipient of NIF money was the Coalition of Women for Peace, which demands a boycott of all things Israeli, and has established a well-oiled database called “Who Profits” that targets Israeli businesses. NIF’s financial records indicate that it granted $109,615 to Breaking the Silence, which tours campuses accusing Israel of war crimes; $255,477 to B’Tselem, which provides cameras to groups that harass Israeli soldiers hoping to videotape the reaction and harm Israel’s image worldwide; and $209,161 to Adalah, which works to get Israel prosecuted in foreign jurisdictions and erase Israel’s Jewish identity. These three groups are among many NIF grantees that operate at the front line of anti-Israel agitation.
In July 2014, 10 NIF grantees launched a campaign to convince the UN Human Rights Council that Israel must be brought to justice for war crimes and targeting of civilians
While Ronn doesn’t believe that Bloomberg knows where his money is going, he’s a savvy businessman and I have trouble believing that he doesn’t understand what the NIF’s politics are. Yes out front the New Israel Fund talks about helping disadvantaged groups, but even the briefest look beyond its own publicity material at a site like NGO Monitor shows exactly what it really does.





















