GOP Senators Call on Blinken to Stop Funding Israeli Group Accused of Influencing Protests Against Judicial Change
Four GOP senators have called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to stop U.S. funding for a nongovernmental organization that has been accused of influencing the protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed changes to Israel’s judiciary—including its Supreme Court.
The April 4 letter was signed by Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
“We write to urge the State Department to immediately cease funding the Movement for Quality Government [MOG] and all other partisan organizations in Israel, which undermines one of our strongest allies and interferes in their democracy,” they wrote….