November 20, 2003

Funding hate

The JTA reports:
In a stunning reversal, the Ford Foundation has admitted it erred in funding anti-Israeli Palestinian groups and has vowed to establish tough new guidelines to stop its funds from being used for anti-Semitic activities anywhere in the world.
Sounds like an obviously good idea to me, but the Foundation seemed to need a bit of prompting to make the change. An in-depth investigation by the JTA and Congressional pressure finally did the trick.

Thanks to Mobius at Jew School for the link.