Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/business/sheldon-adelson-dead.html
In Israel, where he had a home and owned major conservative media outlets, Mr. Adelson supported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. He opposed statehood for Palestinians, favored Israeli settlements in occupied territories and underwrote junkets to Israel by congressional Republicans.
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How Republican Fund-Raising May Be Affected by Sheldon Adelson’s Death - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/politics/adelson-republican-fundraising.html
“The corporate giving backlash, along with the tragic passing of Sheldon Adelson, leaves a real void in the fund-raising plans for the 2022 cycle,” said Scott Reed, a veteran Republican strategist who has worked with the Adelsons and other major G.O.P. financiers.
Part of the concern for Republicans, Mr. Reed added, is that the Adelsons have been so singular a force in the party that there is no replacement. “A next generation of Sheldon-level giving does not readily exist,” he said.