Zionist foundations explicitly funded the Islamophobia network
Evidence
The Becker and Berrie foundations are explicitly committed to promoting what they see as the interests of the Jewish community (specifically Zionism), and a third, the Fairbrook Foundation, is even more extreme in its Zionist orientation. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 698
Categorization
- XREF: This names funding continuity into present-day Islamophobia; flag the 2019 Spinwatch donor-advised-fund technique as relevant to a modern Gaza-era follow-up. — connects to: Zionist foundations shifted from direct donations to donor-advised funds after 2011 scrutiny; Pro-Israeli groups incubated organized Islamophobia to police campuses; Pro-Israel groups seeded the Islamophobia network to suppress campus Palestine activism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 677 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Zionist-oriented foundations fund violent Israeli settlers and Islamophobic warriors alike
#corroborates(0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 550 - Zionist foundations shifted to donor-advised funds to keep funding Islamophobic groups
#expands(0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 698 - The Islamophobia network spans neocons, Zionists, Christian Right, and ex-Muslims
#corroborates(0.83) - Zionist-funded Islamophobia does not represent most Jewish Americans’ views
#qualifies(0.82) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 686 - Pro-Israeli groups incubated organized Islamophobia years before Obama.
#corroborates(0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 665 - Organized funding sustains professional anti-Muslim propaganda networks in the US
#corroborates(0.75) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 29