<span class="ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter">A</span>nti-Israel groups behind the recent protest that turned violent at the <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/democratic-national-committee" target="_blank">Democratic National Committee</a> can thank influential left-wing <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/dark-money" target="_blank">dark money</a> organizations, with opaque funding structures for helping to keep their lights on, financial disclosures show. 

Roughly 200 activists <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/scared-more-jan-6-barricades-spotted-outside-dnc-pro-terrorist-protest" target="_blank">gathered Wednesday</a> outside the DNC in Washington, D.C. to demand a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, though the demonstration took a turn when protesters pepper sprayed Capitol Police and pushed dumpsters to block exits, leading to a clash and the arrest of a 24-year-old man for assault, with six total officers treated for injuries. That event, which is sending shock waves through <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/congress" target="_blank">Congress</a> as lawmakers raise national security concerns, was sponsored by IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and Democratic Socialists of America — groups that haul in millions of dollars each year from liberal dark money kingmakers ranging from <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/george-soros" target="_blank">George Soros</a> to the Tides Foundation, according to a web of grant records reviewed by the <i>Washington Examiner</i>. 

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"Where's the FBI?" asked Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), a member of the conservative <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/freedom-caucus">Freedom Caucus</a>. "The taxpayers do not deserve this."


House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/jim-jordan" target="_blank">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) told the <i>Washington Examiner</i>, “We must always stand with Israel and condemn the violent pro-Hamas protests that occurred in Washington, D.C. last night," noting he is "thankful that Capitol Police acted swiftly to keep people safe."


The protest in the nation's capital Wednesday underscores how far-left activist hubs in the United States are increasingly lashing out at the <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/biden-administration" target="_blank">Biden administration</a> and many congressional Democrats for not backing a ceasefire and an end to Israeli aid following the Hamas terror attacks against the Jewish state. Since Oct. 7, more than 1,400 people in Israel and at least 33 Americans have been killed in connection to the conflict, according to officials for both countries. Hamas says more than 11,200 are dead in Gaza, though the U.S. government and national security experts scrutinize the data as untrustworthy. 

IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and the Democratic Socialists of America have been extensively planning pro-ceasefire U.S. rallies against Israel in the last month, while mobilizing protesters on <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/social-media" target="_blank">social media</a> and calling on the public to contact legislators. Capitol Police evacuated about 10 members of Congress, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), from the DNC following the Wednesday protest growing violent, CNN <a class="Link" href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/politics/dnc-headquarters-violent-protest-democrats-evacuated/index.html" target="_blank">reported</a>.


These three anti-Israel groups, which due to <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/irs">IRS</a> rules are permitted to disclose little about their finances, have received massive checks in the last several years from top dark money organizations helping to shape the Democratic Party's agenda, tax forms show.


Take Jewish Voice for Peace Action, which seeks to "dismantle the institutions and structures that sustain injustice," according to its website. JVP Action pocketed $150,000 in 2021 from the Soros-backed Open Society Policy Center, a lobby shop in the billionaire's vast network, according to tax forms filed in 2022. Back in 2019, the year JVP Action was formed, Open Society sent it $200,000 "to support advocacy on U.S. policy on Israel/Palestine."


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Those contributions were crucial for the Washington, D.C.-based JVP Action — which took in a total of $581,981 during its 2021 fiscal year, and $681,435 in 2019.


JVP Action's affiliated charity arm, Jewish Voice for Peace in Berkeley, California, which was founded in 1996, has received donations from Open Society, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Tides Foundation. JVP has also been routed millions of dollars from donor-advised funds bankrolled by anonymous contributors, including Schwab Charitable Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, and National Philanthropic Trust, tax forms show. 

JVP and JVP Action did not reply to requests for comment. Meanwhile, Soros has steered more than $1 million to the DNC since 2020, documents show. 

"The left-wing activists at this protest-turned-riot hid their faces for a reason," Parker Thayer, investigative researcher for the conservative Capital Research Center think tank, told the <i>Washington Examiner</i>. 

 <div class="Enhancement-item"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police attacking protesters outside DNC. What she said. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CeasefireNowInGaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CeasefireNowInGaza</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://t.co/XLORleHPv3">pic.twitter.com/XLORleHPv3</a></p>— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1724956636177961455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2023</a></blockquote>

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IfNotNow, which claimed in a <a class="Link" href="https://twitter.com/IfNotNowOrg/status/1725027139630579780/photo/1" target="_blank">statement</a> Thursday that "police violently attacked" more than "90 nonviolent protesters" outside the DNC on Wednesday, has received tens of thousands of dollars from Sixteen Thirty Fund, a dark money behemoth managed by <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arabella-advisors-dark-money-groups-cut-ties-palestinian-terror-tied" target="_blank">Arabella Advisors</a>, a Democratic-tied consultancy under investigation by Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D). Sixteen Thirty Fund did not reply to a request for comment. 

Like JVP Action and Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow held a "prayer vigil" Wednesday outside a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee event to call for a ceasefire. Its advocacy arm IFNotNow Movement "is not listed in the IRS's most recent list of tax exempt organizations," <i>ProPublica</i> <a class="Link" href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/834664015" target="_blank">notes</a>, though the charity If Not Now Education Fund in the nation's capital is fundraising through the top Democratic software ActBlue, <a class="Link" href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ifnotnow?refcode=Website" target="_blank">according</a> to a link. 

If Not Now Education Fund has received money from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tides Foundation, and $300,000 from the Soros-backed Foundation to Promote Open Society, tax forms show. 

 <div class="Enhancement-item"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is currently happening outside the DNC headquarters in Washington.<br><br>Far-left pro-Palestine rioter are clashing with police trying to enter the building. <br> <a href="https://t.co/5jdeDZV2hP">pic.twitter.com/5jdeDZV2hP</a></p>— Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1724961028906107159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2023</a></blockquote>

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Then there's Democratic Socialists of America. The organization has raked in large sums of cash from Craigslist Charitable Fund and Jewish Communal Fund, tax forms show. It's also pulled donations from Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund and Schwab Charitable Fund. 

The DSA fashions itself as "the largest socialist organization in the United States" whose "members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics," according to its website. 

"The wealthy donors backing them hid their identities using the Left’s dark money networks for the same reason," Thayer added. "All parties involved know their cause is reprehensible and their tactics are thuggish." 

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Democratic Socialists of America and IfNotNow did not reply to requests for comment.

Anti-Israel groups behind the recent protest that turned violent at the Democratic National Committee can thank influential left-wing dark money organizations, with opaque funding structures for helping to keep their lights on, financial disclosures show.{ai:summary}<p>Left-wing dark money organizations are funding anti-Israel groups responsible for the recent violent protest at the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C. The protest, sponsored by IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and Democratic Socialists of America, demanded a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict but turned violent when protesters clashed with Capitol Police. Lawmakers are raising concerns about national security, and the protest highlights the growing dissatisfaction among far-left activists with the Biden administration's stance on Israel. #politics #israel</p>