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The Pincer Movement of U.S. Sanctions
The interim report published in the U.S. Congress regarding the transfer of federal funds—allegedly in violation of the law—to organizations involved in political protest in Israel is nothing short of an earthquake. The report does not merely focus on technical violations of funding regulations, but presents a disturbing picture of a cross-border mechanism in which American public funds, in unimaginable amounts (close to a billion dollars), were used—directly or indirectly—to support a campaign aimed at undermining the lawfully elected government of Israel. This is not only a threat to the integrity of Israeli democracy, but also a violation of fundamental rules regarding foreign funding under U.S. federal law. 2/8
The fundamental assumption in the report is that the protest in Israel is a partisan political action—therefore, U.S. funding to organizations involved in it contradicts the conditions of federal grants. The fact that most of the funds were transferred through intermediary foundations, rather than being directly allocated (except for documented sums transferred, for example, to the Movement for Quality Government and the Abraham Initiatives), does not absolve the organizations from responsibility. Furthermore, the fact that left-wing organizations believed they were "saving democracy" does not grant them, nor their American partners, permission to use government funds to attempt to undermine the stability of a sovereign government.