Important : US anti-Muslim groups fund Europe’s Israel lobby
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But most Israel lobby money comes from the far right in the US, said report co-author David Miller, including from noted pro-Israel and pro-Republican billionaires.
The report notes that while European Friends of Israel is associated with the political right in Europe, the Friends of Israel Initiative is even further to the right.
“Although its founding members include many Europeans, its funders include key American players in the transatlantic Islamophobia network,” the report states.
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US funders of the lobby in Europe include billionare casino magnate and key Republican donor Sheldon Adelson, leading Islamophobic demagogue Daniel Pipes and Nina Rosenwald – heir to the Sears Roebuck fortune, dubbed by journalist Max Blumenthal “the sugar mama of anti-Muslim hate.”
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The report states that the Israel lobby in the EU “works in close cooperation with the Israeli state. The talking points for pro-Israel groups in Brussels are largely identical to those drawn up by Israeli ministries.”
Pour mémoire, relire l’indispensable étude sur la fabrique de l’islamophobie aux États-Unis, dans un rapport de 2011 d’American Progress, Fear, Inc. The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America où l’on croisera les mêmes personnages :
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