An anti-Israel protest encampment at Columbia University. (Peter Gerber)
'DEATH TO AMERICA' PAMPHLETS CIRCULATED AT COLLEGE ANTI-ISRAEL ENCAMPMENT, EYEWITNESS SAYS
Video circulating on social media in recent days shows Bazian on the campus of UC Berkeley the day after the October 7 massacre egging on a crowd and seemingly celebrating the attack.
Bazian — who has donated thousands of dollars to Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa.; Barbara Lee, D-Calif.; and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — is currently listed as a lecturer at UC Berkeley's Department of Ethnic Studies.
He also has ties to "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who was the "guest of honor" at AMP's annual convention in December 2019 and months earlier in July delivered a briefing organized by AMP to over 70 people. The Michigan Democrat also addressed AMP's Palestine Advocacy Day delegates in April of 2019.
One page of a pamphlet made available to students at the University of Michigan encampment states, "Freedom for Palestine means Death to America." (Josh Brown)
Influence Watch describes the group as "a left-wing, nominally Jewish group that opposes U.S. assistance to the state of Israel and supports allowing Palestinians to live on land within Israel vacated by Arabs during the Israeli War of Independence."
The group released a statement this week condemning violence and blaming the university for the unrest and for failing to protect Palestinian students.
Fox News Digital reported that JVP was also active at the University of Michigan this week, passing out pamphlets at a tent encampment that contained the phrase "Death to America, among other inflammatory phrases.
Another Soros-backed group, U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, has paid what it calls "fellows" to organize and attend anti-Israel protests across the country, New York Post reported.
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"The Open Society Foundations has a long history of fighting antisemitism, Islamophobia and all forms of racism and hate," a spokesperson for George Soros' Open Society Foundations told Fox News Digital.
"Open Society has funded a broad spectrum of US groups that have advocated for the rights of Palestinians and Israelis and for peaceful resolution to the conflict in Israel and the OPT. This funding is a matter of public record, disclosed on our website, fully compliant with US laws, and is part of our commitment to continuing open debate that is ultimately the only hope for peace in the region. The Open Society Foundations proudly support the right of all citizens to peaceful protest — a bedrock principle of our democracy."
Fox News' Houston Keene contributed to this report.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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