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December 26, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004482

Henry Ford's "Legacy"

(Wall Street Journal) - The quip going around nonprofit circles these days is that the Ford Foundation's support for Palestinian extremists is the one area of funding it could defend on the grounds of donor intent - an allusion to the notorious anti-Semitism of automaker and founder Henry Ford. In response to a Jewish Telegraphic Agency series detailing Ford's support for Palestinian NGOs crusading against Israel, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley has announced that the Senate Finance Committee will review the matter. With $10 billion in assets and offices that stretch from Santiago to Hanoi, Ford today has become a major player in international affairs. We hope Senator Grassley goes through with hearings, not only to find out where all that Ford money ended up in the Middle East, but also to raise the larger public issue of whether the tax code is being used to subsidize attacks on American interests.

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