Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Likudnik group tries to
throw US elections? 15-50 million dollar anti-Muslim campaign in swing
states via MuzzleWatch by Cecilie Surasky on 9/26/08
Unbelievable.

We told you about the 28 million copies of anti-Muslim propaganda film
Obsession being distributed to newspaper subscribers in swing states
only. (Several papers said no due to its content, most were happy to
take the money and run.)

No one knew much about the Clarion Fund, the mysterious group behind
the production except that they coincidentally shared staff and offices
with Aish Hatorah, a group that says it is dedicated to the
preservation of Jewish identity, but which also runs a number of
programs that promote a right-wing Israeli narrative like media
watchdog HonestReporting.com, and the controversial Hasbara fellowships
program which funds activities on 80 US campuses.

‘It seems that the Clarion Fund, from what we can tell, is just a
virtual organisation that is a front for Aish Hatorah,’ Ibrahim Hooper,
spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Well IPS (Inter Press Service), which first established the link
between the Clarion Fund and Aish Hatorah, just published this
explosive investigative piece, Neo-cons, Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push
Islamophobic Video,revealing that the Endowment for Middle East Truth
(EMET), working with Clarion, organized the distribution, according to
EMET spokesman, Ari Morgenstern. EMET is a nonprofit, non-partisan
think tank essentially dedicated to educating policymakers about
Israel’s and US’s shared war on terror.

Well known anti-Muslim crusader expert Steve Emerson says on their
site, “Emet is dedicated to providing the truth about the Arab war
against Israel to members of Congress, the media and the general
public.There is no more important mission than this.”

Right wing extremists, even by US policy standards, they completely
oppose the idea that Israel make any concessions, including withdrawing
settlers or returning land, in the search for peace. Advisory board
members include Daniel Pipes, James Woolsey, Caroline Glick and 3
Israeli diplomats. They seek a total change of US foreign policy.

Gharib and Clifton of IPS write:


Morgenstern also declined to specify the cost of the DVD distribution,
but did say, ‘it costs a great deal — it’s a multi-million-dollar
effort.’ Outside experts have estimated the cost of the operation,
including reproduction and distribution, at between 15 million dollars
and 50 million dollars.

Read the entire article here. It’s really worth it. Neo-cons,
Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push Islamophobic Video

Oh yeah, CAIR has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections
Commission. Stay tuned.

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