Monday, April 7, 2008

How Ford Foundation Built the Non-Intifada - Hire & Fund Hanan Ashrawi

Ford Foundation set up Hanan Ashrawi, Arab League Minister of Propaganda, with 3 NGO Ford Foundation subsidiary organizations over the past decade.
The most well known at this time is MIFTAH, a ravingly anti-Israel hatemongering propaganda program.
Here are the Ford Foundation grant payments - those which could be found.
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Miftah funds from Ford -
2000 - $250,000
2001 - $100,000
2002 - $200,000
2005 - $250,000
Total located: $800,000
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This is how Ford describes it:
=== Ford Foundation Report - fy 2000
http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/ar2000.pdf
Middle East and North Africa Civil society
Miftah: the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy
(East Jerusalem) $250,000
To enhance the initiative’s outreach program.
--- fy 2001
http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/ar2001.pdf
Miftah: the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (East Jerusalem)
$100,000
To develop an effective media response and articulate Palestinian views on the crisis situation, including online press briefings and opinion pieces.
--- fy - 2002
http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/ar2002.pdf
Miftah:The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (East Jerusalem)
$200,000
For public debates, media-related activities, and workshops and to enhance the information- dissemination capacity of itsWeb site.
---------- fy 2005
Miftah: The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy
Amount $250,000
Period 2005 - 2007
Program PSJ
Region Middle East and North Africa (Cairo)
Field Governance
Description: Tie-off support for research and advocacy on public integrity, training for women to contribute to the peace process and strategic institutional planning.

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