The Washington Free Beacon recently reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom has provided funding to mosques that preach anti-Semitism as well as Islamic advocacy groups with alleged ties to Hamas.
In January 2022, Newsom’s office released $47.5 million to provide “physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs or mission.”
$40 million of that money has reportedly gone to “mosques whose leaders cheer the annihilation of Jews and Israel,” the outlet said.
At another mosque that received such funds, the Islamic Society of Corona-Norco, a preacher claimed that it is a “lie” that Hamas’ attack on Israel was “unprovoked.”
At the Islamic Center of San Diego, allegedly the home mosque of two 9/11 hijackers, an imam said “resistance [against Israel] is justified.”
“We cannot accuse somebody who is fighting for his life to be a terrorist. The terrorist is the one who started the occupation, not the one who is defending himself,” he said in a sermon earlier last month.
The Free Beacon also reported that grants have been awarded to “several Islamic advocacy groups with alleged links to Hamas.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group the federal government has labeled a “co-conspirator of Hamas,” received $135,330 through Newsom’s funding program.
From The Gateway Pundit:
Newsom, who is regularly touted as a future presidential candidate, claims to be a supporter of Israel. Last month, he visited Israel in the wake of the Hamas attacks to meet with survivors and government officials, sparking anger among many of his anti-Israel constituents.
