A powerful U.S. Senate investigatory committee has launched a bipartisan probe into an American nonprofits funding of efforts to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Obama administrations State Department gave the nonprofit taxpayer-funded grants, a source with knowledge of the panel’s activities told FoxNews.com.
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 Israels Channel Two television station this week that there were governments that wanted to help with the Just Not Bibi campaigning — Bibi being the Israeli leaders 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 Senate subcommittee, which has subpoena power, is the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chief investigative body with jurisdiction over all branches of government operations and compliance with laws.
But a source familiar with the matter confirmed for FoxNews.com that the probe — undisclosed until now — was both underway and bipartisan in nature.
According to the source, the probe is looking into funding by OneVoice Movement a Washington-based group that has received $350,000 in recent State Department grants, and until last November was headed by a veteran diplomat from the Clinton administrations.
A subsidiary of OneVoice is the Israel-based Victory 15 campaign, itself guided by top operatives of Obamas White House runs, which seeks to replace the government of Israel.
Its confirmed that there is a bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee inquiry into OneVoices funding of V15, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity about the American group, which bills itself as working for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Bad nasty naughty piece of chocolate
No way! Our revered president runs a transparent white house!
He eould have told us if he had gotten involved in such activity! Certainly he would have conferred with John Boehner if such was the case! Besides why would he???
See this was what I commented on last week. Source, Aaron Klein, investigative Journalist, author, columnist, radio and website host, activist. Fearless to say what he knows, and boy does he know.
when the garbage in the white house was running for prez he used to APOLOGIZE all over for america’s meddling. he’s real slime.