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The Biden Administration's Contribution to the October 7 Massacre

That Slow Joe's administration created the basis for aggression by Hamas and Hezb'allah should come as a surprise to no one. 

Clarice Feldman | May 31, 2026

Did you imagine for a moment that the notion that the most openly diverse, democratic country in the Middle East, which goes to unheard-of lengths to protect citizens in enemy territory, was an "apartheid, genocider” sprung up spontaneously? That this defamation arose all on its own through large grassroots movements? Of course, this is not how so many libels against Israel took root. 

In an extensively documented report, the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives found that the Biden Administration sent funds to NGOs (Non-Government Organizations) that used them to destabilize the Israeli government and fund anti-American and anti-Israeli activities here. These efforts, unsurprisingly, have generated a wave of anti-semitism in the U.S. and have certainly encouraged Hamas’ belief that the Netanyahu government was weakened enough that it could conduct the barbaric actions of October 7 without being stopped or being subject to an appropriate military response. The Committee Report details that these movements were never organic. They were well-funded, mostly by U.S. taxpayers. They did not spring up spontaneously. You and I paid for this through the underhanded, vile Biden administration. Everything was financed by the U.S. government funneling cash through tax-exempt, underregulated organizations.

The report is lengthy. To fully understand the context of the Biden actions, here’s a brief history. A substantial thorn in the side of many Israelis is the power of their largely self-selected Supreme Court. Without an executive and legislative role in seating the Court, nor a written constitution to circumscribe its jurisdiction, that Court (reliably left-wing) has gone so far as to strike down laws and appointments on vague grounds of “reasonableness.” Those who think the role of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) has been superseded by the Court (the Israel Right) wanted the Knesset to have the power to override the Court and change the method by which the Court’s judges were selected. In July 2023, the government of Israel passed one part of the reform package -- it limited the reasonableness doctrine. Mass protests prevented further reform, mass protests that the committee found were funded by the Biden Administration. The October 7 attack by Hamas followed, and efforts at further judicial reform remain stalled. 

The money for the anti-Netanyahu protests and terrorist groups was funneled through USAID, the State Department, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies. The committee notes, ”There is evidence that U.S. nonprofits may be violating 501(c)(3) provisions of U.S. law by funding radical anti-Israel groups and protests against the Israeli government.”

Here are some of the organizations singled out in the Committee report:

This outfit received $2.05 million from the U.S. It “created propaganda to support the protests and used........

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