Pro-Israel Group Paid Students $250 Each to Attend 'March for Israel' Event in DC

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Nov. 15, 2023

The "Israel on Campus Coalition" offered college students $250 "microgrants" to attend the "March for Israel" event in Washington, DC on Tuesday.

"The 'Israel on Campus Coalition' is funded by 'pro-Israel' billionaires such as Bernie Marcus, founder of Home Depot, and Jan Koum, founder of WhatsApp," Michael Tracey reported.

A group called "Israel on Campus Coalition" gave "microgrants" for people to attend yesterday's "March for Israel" event in DC

The "Israel on Campus Coalition" is funded by "pro-Israel" billionaires such as Bernie Marcus, founder of Home Depot, and Jan Koum, founder of WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/vV7EBu5DjA
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

The Israel on Campus Coalition's website says they "allocated all funding" for the event to pay for "thousands" of students to go to the event and encouraged young people to check back later as they pay for students to take part in other "pro-Israel initiatives" on college campuses.

Whereas Americans are getting canceled for attending pro-Palestine events (and immigrants are getting threatened with having their US visas canceled), you can get paid to attend astroturfed pro-Israel events.

An undercover Al Jazeera documentary from 2016 found that pro-Israel groups were paying tens of thousands of dollars to shills to take part in pro-Israel protests on American college campuses:

They were specifically targeting the Students for Justice in Palestine, which was recently banned by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida as well as Brandeis University and Columbia University (First Amendment be damned).

The most viral moment from Tuesday's event was when Van Jones, after giving a speech praising Jews for leading the civil rights movement in America, got booed and chanted down for saying he's a "peace guy" and "prays for peace" on all sides.

"I pray for peace -- no more rockets from Gaza and no more bombs falling down on the people of Gaza. God, protect the children," Van Jones said before being drowned out by the crowd chanting, "No Ceasefire!"

Van Jones is at the DC 'March for Israel' rally. He notes the FBI says hate crimes against Jews have increased by 400% in the past 3 weeks.

"If you don't know that, it's because your social media algorithm isn't telling you that."pic.twitter.com/lgDKNwvJ9p
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 14, 2023

Van Jones at the March for Israel: “I’m a peace guy, I pray for peace. No more rockets from Gaza, and no more bombs falling down on the people of Gaza.”

The crowd breaks out into a “NO CEASEFIRE” chant shortly after pic.twitter.com/2gHEXicK9b
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 14, 2023

“The calls for a ceasefire are outrageous,” says House Speaker Mike Johnson — prompting crowd to chant “no ceasefire.” pic.twitter.com/00TVpQ0fPK
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) November 14, 2023

Tracey shared more highlights from Tuesday's astroturfed event:

Court historian Deborah Lipstadt addresses today's "March for Israel" on behalf of the Biden Administration. She offers no distinction between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel, instead vowing that the full weight of the Federal Government will deployed to combat "Jew hatred" pic.twitter.com/dodqPTQZ4U
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

Chuck Schumer, alongside Speaker Mike Johnson and others, delivers a rousing speech at the "March for Israel" today in DC. Leads bipartisan chants of "We Stand With Israel," "USA! USA!" and "Never Again!"

"We will not rest until you get all the assistance you need!" Schumer vows pic.twitter.com/mu7UAT6nwz
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

Hakeem Jeffries gives a history lesson on the expulsion of Jews starting in the ancient times of the Roman Empire. He pledges to "crush anti-Semitism" and declares the US must always be a "safe space" for the "Jewish community" pic.twitter.com/ZRY0RhY9yN
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

Pastor John Hagee, who preaches that Christ will soon return to rule over Earth from Jerusalem, at the "March for Israel" today in DC:

"The Bible says, he that keepeth Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps... Israel is the Apple of God's eye... There is no substitute for victory!" pic.twitter.com/xjBkpIgU0s
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

Maybe Israel really is in trouble if the best celebrities they could get for their big pro-Israel rally in DC were Michael Rapaport and Debra Messing 😂 pic.twitter.com/9aMaCeWjqZ
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

Who paid for their chartered flight? https://t.co/ghgr4i9SEe
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

In a glorious display of bipartisan exultation, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, and Joni Ernst held hands and chanted "We Stand With Israel" together pic.twitter.com/o0DXjySdH7
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 15, 2023

A leaked document from the Israeli Intelligence Ministry and a column from two powerful Israeli Knesset members in the Wall Street Journal both confirmed that Israel plans to foist all their refugees on the West after completing their ethnic cleansing operation in Gaza.

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