Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs and social equality has warned that Alex Soros is a veritable duplicate of his father, George Soros.
In an interview with Fox News, Amichai Chikli addressed the bombshell news that the elder Soros has handed the reins of his left-wing empire to his son.
When specifically asked whether he believes Alex will continue funding anti-Israel groups just like his father, Chikli said it “looks like the son is a replica of his father.”
“We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist,” he added.
According to the minister, there are specifically two Soros-funded American NGOs that concern him: the Human Rights Watch and J Street.
“Human Rights Watch, this organization is attacking Israelis heavily and attacking Israel as an apartheid state and delegitimizing and demonizing Israel,” the minister said.
J Street meanwhile is “an organization that claims to be pro-Israel but has faced criticism because of its support for positions that allegedly favor Iran’s regime and the Palestinians, including a recently reported anti-Israel event in Congress by Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan,” according to Fox News.
“J Street pushed for her Nakba event in Congress. When they compare the Nakba with the Holocaust, this is the twisted Palestinian way of distorting reality,” Chikli said.
Dem Rep Tlaib introduces resolution to recognize ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s birth https://t.co/etDvKQIDhU pic.twitter.com/tS6aAkDh0U
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) May 18, 2022
Chikli further noted that the Soros Foundation also “gives money to radical small Palestinian organizations in Israel that describe Israel as a colonial state and a moral sin.”
He went on to cite the NGO Adalah, which he described as an organization “denying the vision of Israel as a Jewish state” in its “published vision for Arab society in Israel.”
Chikli also reportedly slammed Soros and their funded NGOs for refusing to recognize the official definition of anti-Semitism as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
He said George Soros in particular is the “No. 1 activist fighting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,” adding that a “Holocaust survivor” opposing IHRA is “absurd.”
“Chikli said George Soros is not opposing the IHRA definition with his name but with donations to organizations that he funds (HRW and J Street), which seek to block the implementation of the definition,” according to Fox News.
“In a June 3 opinion article for CNN, Alex Soros, the chair of the Open Society Foundations, blasted the IHRA definition of antisemitism because it includes language that deems some attacks against Israel as antisemitic.”
Rising antisemitism has deadly consequences and is now being weaponized to stifle debate. The White House’s first-of-its-kind National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism is a strong step in combatting this hatred. https://t.co/7ObhMmPGHI
— George Soros (@georgesoros) June 7, 2023
As an example, the IHRA’s definition — which has been endorsed by the European Union and the United States — defines antisemitism as the act of “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”
“Critics of Alex Soros view his efforts to undercut a popular and mainstream definition of antisemitism as turning back the clock on the fight against antisemitism in the name of a backward left-wing ideology,” Fox News notes.
A backward left-wing ideology that’s zealously pro-Palestinian.
“It is essential that the tools used to combat antisemitism cannot be repurposed to target academics, activists, students and advocacy groups that voice support for Palestinian human rights,” Soros wrote in his op-ed, taking aim at the IHRA’s definition.
Chikli wasn’t pleased by the clapback.
“Shamefully, his [George Soros’] son is fighting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.”
George Soros passes $25B torch to millennial seed Alex, who vows: ‘I’m more political’ https://t.co/YhSwlhK5I9 via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) June 11, 2023
Also speaking with Fox News, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Los Angeles-based human rights organization Simon Wiesenthal Center, criticized Soros’ efforts are ostensibly bettering the world.
“If I had $25 billion to put in play, I would stay far from politically linked institutions and instead focus on helping to transform societies by helping guarantee universal education and health care for billions of people who currently do not have full access to these fundamentals. In the Gulf and Maghreb, I would invest in projects that would give young people jobs and with it hope for a brighter future; environmental projects that would provide clean water, air and energy – would benefit all people,” he said.
“If Soros Junior wants to make a long-lasting contribution to transforming the world, he would also do well to roll up his sleeves and personally help the poor and indigent. Money alone will never guarantee results – not in parts of the world where billions in aid have poured into countries, some of which are failed states,” he added.
“And as for Israel and Jewish people the world over, remember Jews also have needs and also have rights. Show respect to the lone Jewish state, which had it existed in 1939, the Nazi Holocaust, the murder of 6 million Jews and the disastrous impact on children, like his father, would never had happened,” he continued.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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