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September 17, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://ngo-monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=3003#usaid

USAID Funding for "Geneva Initiative" Ad Campaign

(NGO Monitor) In advance of U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in September, the U.S. government, via USAID, helped finance a $250,000 ad campaign in Israel run by an NGO known as the Geneva Initiative. The campaign includes billboards, newspaper ads, and video clips stressing the current window of opportunity to reach a peace deal. It was unclear whether USAID had ever sponsored a similar political advertisement campaign in another democratic society. The USAID funding for the Geneva Initiative campaign is another example of foreign governments using Israeli political NGOs as part of efforts to manipulate Israeli democracy.

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