The Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform helped facilitate donations to the anti-Israel encampment at Michigan State University. ActBlue is set to receive a 3.95 percent cut of those donations, according to its stated policies.
Student protesters created the "Hurriya Coalition" to demand MSU divest from companies that do business with Israel, which they accused of conducting "death, destruction, and genocide" through the "US/Israel war machine" and its "occupation" of Gaza.
A fundraiser organized by the Progressive Caucus of Mid Michigan on ActBlue’s website helped raise donations to prop up the anti-Israel encampment. The donation page pleaded: "Support our Student Activists! Please help us feed and house our campers!" ...
The encampment included Palestinian and Lebanese flags, Tahajjud prayers, and a "teach-in" on the Israel-Hamas war. Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D.), who refused to condemn separate Michigan protesters who chanted "death to Israel" and "death to America," touted the MSU encampment in a post to Instagram.
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