Did Obama Administration Funding Assist Nonprofit's Anti-Netanyahu Campaign?

A U.S. Senate committee is looking at possible funding ties between a U.S. nonprofit that reportedly wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of office and the Obama administration’s State Department, FoxNews.com reported, citing "a source with knowledge of the panel's activities."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Image source: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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The fact that both Democratic and Republican sides of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations have signed off on the probe could be seen as a rebuke to President Obama, who has had a well-documented adversarial relationship with the Israeli leader.

The development comes as Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel Two television station this week that there were “governments” that wanted to help with the “Just Not Bibi” campaigning -- Bibi being the Israeli leader’s nickname.

It also follows a FoxNews.com report on claims the Obama administration has been meddling in the Israeli election on behalf of groups hostile to Netanyahu. A spokesperson for Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican and chairman of the committee, declined comment, and aides to ranking Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, of Missouri, did not immediately return calls.

The source said the probe surrounds “funding” by OneVoice Movement, which recently got $350,000 in recent State Department grants and and has a subsidiary, the Israel-based Victory 15 campaign, which wants to “replace the government” of Israel, Fox News reported.

“It’s confirmed that there is a bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee inquiry into OneVoice’s funding of V15,” the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Fox News.

You can read the entire Fox News report here.

(H/T: Drudge Report)

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