George and Amal Clooney Co-Hosting $34,300-A-Person Clinton Fundraiser With Pro-Israel Mega-Donor
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Hollywood A-lister George Clooney and his lawyer-activist wife Amal have cultivated a reputation for defending human rights.
But on April 16th, they will hold a high-priced, pro-Hillary Clinton fundraiser at their mansion alongside co-host Haim Saban—a fervent Israel supporter who has called for Muslim-Americans to be deprived of key civil rights protections and for the United States to consider ruthlessly bombing Iran
This is not the first time that the media mogul Haim Saban, and his wife Cheryl, have raised large sums for the Clinton campaign. As AlterNet previously reported, the couple together directly contributed $5 million to the Hillary Clinton Super PAC—Priorities USA Action—between 2015 and 2016.
Three million of those dollars came in after Clinton wrote a letter to Haim Saban in which she pledged to “work together” to defeat the growing BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement to win human rights and self-determination for Palestinians. Clinton has repeatedly vowed to make a close relationship with the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a centerpiece of her presidency if she is elected.
