It has been revealed that several leaders of the anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the country are paid members of George Soros-linked groups.
Three of the main figures in the pro-Palestinian university encampments are fellows of the Soros-funded US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, the New York Post reports.
USCPR “community-based” fellows are paid up to $7,800 for their work, while “campus-based” fellows are paid between $2,880 and $3,660 for spending eight hours a week organizing “campaigns led by Palestinian organizations.”
The organization instructs its colleagues to “rise up” and spark “revolution,” while specifically instructing them to reject “reform.”
Since 2017, it has received at least $300,000 from Soros’ Open Society Foundations.
Several leaders of the anti-Israel protests across the country have been revealed to be employees of George Soros
Former president of the University of Texas Students for Justice in Palestine Nidaa Lafi (center) was seen speaking at the campus camp on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, USCPR fellow Craig Birckhead-Morton was arrested at Yale after occupying the school’s Beinecke Plaza on Monday
One of them, former president of the University of Texas Students for Justice in Palestine Nidaa Lafi, was seen speaking at the campus camp on Wednesday.
Lafi is currently studying law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas after graduating from UT last year.
The former intern for the late Democratic Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was arrested in January for blocking the route of President Joe Biden’s motorcade in Dallas for the funeral of her former boss, Rep. Johnson.
Meanwhile, USCPR fellow Craig Birckhead-Morton was arrested at Yale after occupying the school’s Beinecke Plaza on Monday.
He was an intern for the Democratic Maryland representative. Johannes Sarbanes.
In Berkeley, co-president of the Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine Malak Afaneh is a familiar face at pro-Palestine protests and spoke at the protest on campus this week.
Afaneh made headlines before this month when she was one of the students who hijacked a dinner with the dean of the law school and turned it into an anti-Israel demonstration.
In Berkeley, co-president of the Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine Malak Afaneh (fourth from right) spoke at this week’s protest on campus
The organization instructs its fellows to “rise up” and unleash “revolution,” while specifically instructing them to reject “reforms”
The controversial protests on American campuses are being organized by chapters of the far-left group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which is funded by nonprofits linked to Soros.
She accused the dean’s wife of assaulting her after she was asked to leave the dean’s home.
The controversial protests on US campuses are being organized by chapters of the far-left group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which is funded by nonprofits linked to Soros.
Soros, who is Jewish, was born György Schwartz in Hungary and survived the Nazi occupation of the country.
Tensions continue to escalate in Columbia, where hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are demanding that the institution divest companies with ties to Israel.
So far, more than a hundred protesters have been arrested in the ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’, which consists of a coalition of 116 groups under the umbrella organization Columbia University Apartheid Divest.
Several groups in the coalition have received support from left-wing donors, including one group currently under investigation for alleged fundraising for terrorist organizations.
One of the main players in the coalition is Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Gazette Reports emerged in support of the October 7 attack that killed 1,200 Israelis.
Tensions continue to escalate at the Ivy League school, where hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters are demanding the institution divest companies with ties to Israel.
It has emerged that one of the groups in the encampment, Students for Justice in Palestine, has ties to another group under investigation for alleged fundraising for terrorists. SJP members, including the one in the photo, have been suspended due to their involvement in the camp
SJP receives funding from American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), according to the Anti Defamation League, which describes AMP as having “extreme anti-Israel views.”
Last year, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that his office was investigating AMP over allegations that they may have raised money for terrorist organizations.
SJP is also an offshoot of the Westchester People’s Action Coalition, which supports boycott, divestment and sanctions, the Green New Deal, and other left-wing initiatives.
WESPAC is listed as a “fiscal sponsor” of SJP and has assets of more than $1,000,000, according to NGO Monitor.
Several group members are among those expelled for participating in the sit-in.
Another central player in the encampment is Jewish Voice for Peace, which has received millions from various donors, including George Soros’ Open Society Network.
Since 2016, the group has received at least $650,000 from Soros-backed organizations.
Other donors include the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, whose director, Nicholas Burns, resigned in 2017 over his support of JVP.
Columbia was forced to cancel all in-person classes for the remainder of the semester due to the unrest
Columbia University Apartheid Divest consists of 116 groups and states on its website that it represents thousands of students at nine schools
Both JVP and SJP have been involved in solidarity protests at other universities, including NYU, Yale, MIT and Harvard.
Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates of Harvard Yard were closed to the public on Monday, as some of America’s most prestigious universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with to defuse Hamas.
Columbia University Apartheid Divest states on its website that it represents thousands of students at nine schools.
Other groups that make up the coalition include Young Democratic Socialists of America, Columbia Queer and Asian, the African Students Association, Columbia University Students for Human Rights and the Teachers College Abolition Collective.
The coalition began the hearing in response to Columbia President Minouche Shafik’s testimony before Congress about anti-Semitism on campus.
The stunt entered its seventh day today and has already resulted in billionaire donors, including Robert Kraft, withdrawing their funding and drawing condemnation from the White House.
The coalition’s three demands revolve around divesting all of Columbia’s finances, including profits from “Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine,” cutting all ties with Israeli universities and opposing “land grabs, whether in Harlem, Lenapehoking or Palestine is’. ‘.
The group is seeking a ceasefire against Gaza, where more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in retaliatory attacks by Israel.