The David Horowitz Freedom Center, a conservative foundation based in Los Angeles, confirms it did not use funds from a task force grant to pay for the controversial campaign poster campaign targeting pro-Palestinian student activists as “Jew haters” and terrorists’ allies, rejecting reports in a major newspaper.
“Earlier this week a surprising report surfaced in the media that a modest grant approved by the Maccabee Task Force to the David Horowitz Freedom Center had been used to fund a poster campaign that targeted student activists. The Maccabee Task Force never authorized or approved such a poster campaign. And the David Horowitz Freedom Center has since confirmed that it never used our funds for this campaign. In short, the newspaper report was completely false,” the statement says.
A poster placed on campuses by the David Horowitz Freedom Center beginning in February features an image of ’60s-era radical Angela Davis and messages condemning the boycott movement against Israel. (David Horowitz Freedom Center)
The Maccabee Task Force issued a disavowal of the poster campaign Monday after the Los Angeles Times reported that there was a link between it and the David Horowitz Freedom Center, which launched the campaign in February.
The posters were condemned by some Jewish student groups, including J Street U and Jewish Voice for Peace; the latter backs the BDS movement.
Adelson, the casino operator and pro-Israel philanthropist, launched the Maccabee Task Force at a summit in Las Vegas in 2015 that brought together other philanthropists each willing to donate $1 million to the project.
— JTA
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