Left-Wing Parties, NGOs Glad For EU Funding, Don’t Need Minnesota Daycare Fraud Schemes

Walz apparently believes his state’s welfare system exists to fund foreigners, currently mostly Somalians, so why not Israeli left-wingers?

Tel Aviv, January 5 – Progressive rivals of Israel’s incumbent prime minister, as well as the network of progressive organizations underwriting weekly protest marches against him, acknowledged the comparative ease they enjoy in attracting donors to pay for the activism and associated materials, since the governments of The Netherlands, Belgium, the Scandinavian states, and the Continental umbrella of the European Commission are more than happy to foot the bill, and were that teat unavailable, Israeli progressives and centrist political opportunists might be forced to expend more effort to generate the necessary revenue, for example by operating fictitious babysitting centers in St. Paul to attract state aid dollars in the hundreds of millions.

“No question, applying for European Commission grants is ten times easier than Minnesota welfare fraud,” observed Amos Ben-Dor, who attends the anti-Netanyahu rallies in Tel Aviv every Saturday night that, while Hamas held liv hostages, dressed themselves up as demonstrations on behalf of the hostages or the hostages’ families, but have continued even without that pretense in the months since the last living hostages returned this past October – and in fact which began years ago despite COVID lockdowns.

Ben-Dor referred to the generous funding streams from European governments and the EU itself, which have long supported Israeli NGOs critical of government policies: organizations such B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence, and others involved explicitly in anti-occupation advocacy or protests, receive millions annually through mechanisms such as the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights. Other local NGOs, however, have had their anti-Bibi advocacy sponsored directly or indirectly by those foreign governments – which spares those NGOs the need to defraud Minnesota to fund the activities.

Critics argue this foreign funding interferes in domestic affairs, enabling sustained activism that might otherwise struggle for local support, but as Governor Tim Walz’s administration has demonstrated, St. Paul apparently believes his state’s welfare system exists to fund foreigners, currently mostly Somalians, and why not Israeli left-wingers?

“We’ve already mastered the part about misspelling English words on signs,” admitted professional protester Ami Gilon, referring to a Minnesota establishment that billed itself as a “Learing Center” and received generous state funding despite caring for or teaching zero children. “Still, we’re used to EU and Brussels paperwork. The Minnesota welfare system would be a whole new thing to learn.”

The activists also voiced relief that while Minnesota officials might be forced, politically, to crack down on the fraud, European governments have shown no sign of caring how much they waste on interfering in Israel’s politics.

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