Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement negotiations. But OneVoice used the money to build a voter database, train activists and hire a political consulting firm with ties to President Obama’s campaign — all of which set the stage for an anti-Netanyahu campaign, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said in a bipartisan staff report.
In one stunning finding, the subcommittee said OneVoice even told the State Department’s top diplomat in Jerusalem of its plans in an email, but the official, Consul General Michael Ratney, claims never to have seen them
He
said he regularly deleted emails with large attachments — a striking
violation of open-records laws for a department already reeling from
former Secretary Hillary Clinton’s handling of official government
records . . . . . read the full story here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/12/obama-admin-sent-taxpayer-money-oust-netanyahu/
The above article only confirms my comments on the subject more than 15 months ago. Just another reason to put this blog on your blogroll.
Compare these March, 2015 articles in the Midknight Review: :
http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2015/03/news-alert-israeli-elections-are.html
and
http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2015/03/obama-working-overtime-to-defeat-prime.html
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