The founding father of WhatsApp, Ukrainian-born Jewish inventor, Jan Koum, made a report $2 million donation to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) marketing campaign within the Democratic primaries final month, Israeli media reported.

Particulars uncovered by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz newspaper present that the multibillionaire has doubled his donations to the controversial pro-Israel foyer, which critics say is an “existential menace” to the US Democratic Get together following a surge in funds that secured victories for pro-Israel candidates.

From 2019 to 2020, the founding father of WhatsApp, Jan Koum is alleged to have donated $140 million in items to about 70 pro-Israel charities working in america.https://t.co/3bE9AKd7dW

— Palestine Deep Dive (@PDeepdive) July 22, 2022

Koum, whose internet price is estimated at between $9.8-$13.7 billion doubled the earlier excessive donations to AIPAC’s United Democracy Undertaking Tremendous PAC. His assist for Zionist causes doesn’t finish there. From 2019 to 2020, Koum is alleged to have donated $140 million in items to about 70 pro-Israel charities working in america.

Certainly one of his extra controversial donations is the $6 million he reportedly gave to Buddies of Ir David, which is the US fundraising arm of Elad, a right-wing NGO targeted on settling Jews in Arab neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem.

Elad has been labeled Israel’s weapon to steal Palestinian lands, together with personal land owned by Palestinians who fled Israeli aggression in 1948 or 1967. The professional-settlement Israeli affiliation was established in 1986 and has been working primarily within the occupied Palestinian village of Silwan in East Jerusalem, south of the Previous Metropolis and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

WhatsApp founder Jan Koum donates report $2 million to AIPAC’s marketing campaign efforts https://t.co/y1pA4OkaeM

— The Occasions of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) July 23, 2022

Revelations about Koum’s donation to AIPAC come as warnings are issued in regards to the menace going through the Democratic Get together from highly effective pro-Israel foyer teams following latest victories within the US major elections.

AIPAC spent $6 million on Tuesday’s contest in Maryland, greater than another political motion committee (PAC), to oppose Donna Edwards, who served eight years as the primary Black lady elected to Congress from Maryland. Edwards was endorsed by Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi amongst different main Democrats.

Jan Koum, who additionally donated to teams settling Jews in East Jerusalem, doubled the earlier highest donation to AIPAC’s marketing campaign on Democratic primarieshttps://t.co/ygkgD4Al7e

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 21, 2022

Her defeat is the most recent in a sequence of setbacks for progressive candidates focused by the pro-Israel foyer. Critics have stated that the “tremendous PAC” used to lift thousands and thousands of {dollars} in political donations that had been arrange by AIPAC, is an “existential menace” to the Democratic Get together, particularly as funds used to defeat candidates vital of Israel typically come from Republican donors.

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