Sen. Cruz: Has President Obama Launched a Political Campaign Against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu?
“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 . January 29, 2015
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Iran sanctions regime, Iranian nuclear threat, Knesset elections 2015, Ted Cruz
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:51 AM
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Action being run in the US (With state funding) to top Speech of Israeli PM as well:
Action launched in US to stop PM Netanyahu's speech in Congress: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=10842&tag=ETO20150127&track=ETO20150127 …
This is the same old story: U.S President losing steam 2 years before leaving with the stolen goods from the White House, looking for a crappy legacy-of "Peace in our time" (1938 style), screw the Jews, they can go to hell, I did something historic, like Oslo-1993-which was all done behind the U,S back, they knew nothing at all, and took credit for everything, including the "Nobel", for what exactly? in 1999, Cltinon was so sick of Bibi and the game with the "settlement blocks", he sent his 3 operatives, Carville, Schrum, Greenberg, to topple Bibi, out of the Dan Hotel, Hayarkon Street, TLV, they did it, Bibi was gone, Barak in, legacy for Clinton, Goornischt!Yes, he walked out w/the silver all right, disgraced, dissipated, a sex pervert. The street address changed, they are operating this newly funded operation out of Lillenbloom Street, undeterred, unashamed -no holds bar, the sad part about the entire media, in Israel, and the "international", who are in a state of coma, is that they never look back, and see the similarities. This is the exact replay, the same template of the Clinton Putsch, now applied with more "sophisticated" internet technology on Bibi for the second time. This comment does not imply support for the Likoud, simply questioning the wisdom of intervention in the affair of another nation, because it appears that with every intervention, the U.S succeeds in making enemies not friends.
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