New York nonprofit tied to 2024 Trump campaign and senior Israeli officials
During the heat of the 2024 presidential campaign, then-Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley, along with his senior adviser, left the U.S. on a trip to Israel, hosted by the Israel Heritage Foundation (IHF). There, Whatley had a private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli news outlet Arutz Sheva reported.
But the RNC’s federal campaign finance filings reviewed by Prism do not disclose any travel to Israel in May 2024. On the trip, Whatley and his staffer joined Donald Trump donors, fundraisers, pro-Trump Zionists, and Israeli officials for a banquet event at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem. They also came together for tours led by the Israeli military of the kibbutz Kfar Aza and the site of the Nova music festival, among the sites of Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Oct. 7, 2023. The entire trip was organized by IHF, a hard-line pro-Israel nonprofit based in Nassau County, New York.
A Prism analysis of the IHF’s social media, public documents, news reports, and videos reveals a mosaic of links between the 501(c)(3) religious corporation and Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Prism has also uncovered IHF’s ties to officials at the highest levels of the Israeli government, including one Israeli official who ran a get-out-the-vote effort in support of Trump.....
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